But it's not in the best 11 → Ito is crazy!

Italy wants Kim Min-jae again. Inter Milan began to pay attention to Kim Min-jae, who joined Napoli in the 2022-23 season and became Serie A's best defender. "It is an opportunity for Inter Milan to fill Kim Min-jae in a position that needs to be strengthened," Gazeta Delo Sport said on the 7th. "I can leave on loan because I am not sure about it in the German Bundesliga."

Inter Milan clearly remember Kim's days in Naples. "When Napoli won the Serie A championship, Kim Min-jae, the mastermind, moved to Bayern Munich. It was possible because he showed the best level of performance," the media said in high praise.

He is also well aware of the current situation. "At Bayern Munich, Kim Min-jae did not play his game," Gazeta Delo Sport said. "He started as a starter in the beginning of the season, but lost his rhythm after playing at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup in the second half of the season. Bayern Munich ended the season with Eric Dier and Matthias the Licht, not Kim Min-jae," he explained in detail.

"Kim Min-jae is in a totally different situation from last summer. Kim Min-jae, who recorded a transfer fee of 50 million euros (about 75 billion won), could enter the transfer market due to tough competition this summer," he said.

Rumors of Kim Min-jae's return to Italy have been heated, but reporter Florian Plattenberg, who is fluent in Bayern Munich, was not too worried. "There is a news spreading that Inter Milan is interested in Kim Min-jae. However, Kim Min-jae will not leave Bayern Munich this summer," he affirmed.

Kim Min-jae's commitment plays a role. Plattenberg said, "Kim Min-jae wants to stay here. His contract will remain until 2028." He also said that it would be virtually impossible to move to another city as well as Inter Milan.

Bayern Munich also continues to trust Kim. "According to Bayern Munich's internal analysis, Kim needed more communication, dialogue and support in order to display his performance," German media Bild said late last month. "They were not good enough under former coach Thomas Tuchel." As such, the new season is also read as a pledge of solid support to Kim.

He is also highly anticipated in collaboration with new coach Bang Sang Kompany. Kompany shows a completely different tactical orientation from former coach Tuchel. Unlike Tuchel who puts more weight on defense while providing three-back, Kompany prefers an unilateral attack.

"I grew up in the Anderlecht Academy on the streets of Brussels. I wanted Bayern Munich to play like that. That's what we will do. We will define our own character. We want to maintain that throughout the game."

His defensive style will give strength to Kim Min-jae, who is aggressive. Kim reads opponent's passes and moves and wins the ball. This method came back to poison in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals against Real Madrid, but it is considered perfect for Kompany's style of raising the line and controlling it. 안전토토사이트

However, Kim Min-jae's name has disappeared from the expected best 11 list of the new season, perhaps due to his poor performance at the last minute. Hiroki Ito, not Kim Min-jae, has been named center back in the list of starting players for the 2024-25 season, which was recently predicted by "Transfermarkt." Ito is a newly recruited defender from Stuttgart and plays center back and left fullback. Although Kim is not in a phase to lose, he can grasp the environment in which he cannot avoid competition to become a starting member.