Good news has been delivered to Korean soccer fans. Next season, Lee Kang-in (22, Real Mallorca) is expected to be seen on the English stage, not Spain.
Fabrizio Romano, an expert with high public confidence in the European transfer market, said, “Lee Kang-in will leave Mallorca in the transfer market this summer and head to the EPL (English Premier League).”
Fabrizio Romano said on his personal social network service (SNS) on the 3rd (Korean time), “Kang-In Lee, expected to leave Mallorca in the summer,” and “EPL먹튀검증 Clubs are monitoring him. Premier League clubs are monitoring South Korean midfielder with possible move in the next months.”
Romano added, “Lee Kang-in will be given a good opportunity to try a new challenge in England.”
In the meantime, there have been many transfer rumors surrounding Lee Kang-in. However, Lee Kang-in could not leave the team as his team, Real Mallorca, did not let go of Lee Kang-in.
Last January, in the winter transfer market, Lee Kang-in received a lot of attention from EPL clubs. According to foreign media, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Brighton and Hove Albion (above England), and Atletico Madrid (Spain) were aiming for Lee Kang-in.
When the team did not allow it, there was even a story that Lee Kang-in was dissatisfied with the club. The Spanish media also covered and introduced it intensively. At the end of January, Juanmi Sanchez, who is in charge of Mallorca on the Spanish media Radio Marca, said, “Lee Kang-in has a lot of dissatisfaction with the club’s actions this winter. Lee Kang-in unfollowed Mallorca on his personal social media account.”
Lee Kang-in, who grew up in the Valencia youth team in Spain, moved to Mallorca in 2021. Then, in the 2022-23 season, he jumped as the team’s main midfielder and established himself as a definite key player.
His greatest strengths are his dribbling skills and ball guarding skills, which he learned from studying abroad since childhood. At the 2022 FIFA World Cup held last year in Qatar, he recorded one assist against Ghana. This season, he has participated in 26 games for Mallorca, scoring 3 goals and 5 assists. In the recent evaluation match held in Korea, he showed a further growth by showing a fantastic first touch and stable dribbling.
According to Spanish media Marca, Lee Kang-in’s buyout amount is known to be 17 million euros (approximately 23 billion won). According to Transfer Markt, a European media specializing in transfers, Lee Kang-in’s value rose to 15 million euros (approximately 21.4 billion won) as of the 23rd of last month.
Lee Kang-in has a contract with Mallorca until June 2025. Mallorca can make a bigger profit if it sells Lee Kang-in before that. Korean soccer fans want to see Lee Kang-in playing in the EPL rather than Mallorca, which is staying in mid-table in the Spanish Primera Liga. Will Lee Kang-in be able to play the dream EPL stage with Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton)?