Jose Mourinho, head coach who led Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham, and AS Roma, announced that he plans to recruit Korean defender Kim Min-jae when he leads Tottenham in 2021. Coach Mourinho announced that he has accepted Son Heung-min’s recommendation and made a video call and watched Kim Min-jae play, but could not bring him in because of the small transfer fee difference. The story behind the campaign to recruit Kim Min-jae, who Mourinho ironically praised in January last year by calling him rubbish, has suddenly been revealed. random news
(Xports News Reporter Kim Hyun-ki) It’s a story like a movie. Even if I were to write a football novel, I wonder if a story like this would come out.
The story of his recruitment of Kim Min-jae, which became a hot topic when coach Jose Mourinho admitted in January last year, was presented specifically. There was a story that was not known at the time. The person who connected coach Mourinho and Kim Min-jae was Son Heung-min.
Former AS Roma coach Mourinho revealed that it was true that when he was in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, Son Heung-min recommended the recruitment of Kim Min-jae and even had a video call with Son Heung-min on his phone.
Posted ‘Mourinho: Korean Asian Cup semi-final, I can’t understand it!’ on the ‘FC Online’ video channel on the 8th. In the video, Mourinho brought up Kim Min-jae’s story, saying, “Son Heung-min recommended that there is a good player playing in China.”
Coach Mourinho continued, “I started watching his game, and Son Heung-min made a video call. I tried to find a way by talking on the phone and talking to my agent,” he said, making a pincer shape with his thumb and index finger, and he said, “This and this.” “I decided not to recruit him from Tottenham because of the cost,” he said, telling a story that will delight the ears of Korean fans. The story was that Tottenham failed to recruit him because he did not pay a very small amount of money.
Mourinho made it clear that it was Kim Min-jae, saying, “And that player now plays for Bayern Munich.”
Jose Mourinho, head coach who led Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham, and AS Roma, announced that he plans to recruit Korean defender Kim Min-jae when he leads Tottenham in 2021. Coach Mourinho said that he accepted Son Heung-min’s recommendation and made a video call and watched Kim Min-jae play, but announced that he could not bring him in because of the small transfer fee difference. The story behind the campaign to recruit Kim Min-jae, who Mourinho ironically praised in January last year by calling him rubbish, has suddenly been revealed. random news
Coach Mourinho joked that he could have brought in Kim Min-jae with his own money. It was that cheap at the time, but Tottenham didn’t make a decision, so it was cancelled.
Coach Mourinho laughed and said, “The price was very low. In fact, Kim Min-jae’s transfer fee was less than 10 billion earned three years ago. Coach Mourinho said, “Son Heung-min made a suggestion, and we moved forward with the recruitment. We looked for every possible direction. We did all the analysis, and we saw mistakes, areas for improvement, and growth potential. He grew while playing in Italy and became the main center back through that experience “He added.
This is a detailed version of what Coach Mourinho said in a press conference before the clash with AS Roma, which he was leading, in January last year when Kim Min-jae was playing for Napoli.
At the time, Coach Mourinho said, “I will tell the story of one of the Napoli players,” and revealed the story behind the fact that he was very keen to recruit Kim Min-jae during his time as Tottenham coach, but The Tottenham club offered half the transfer fee and failed.
Mourinho opened his mouth at the time, saying, “I spoke to him via FaceTime (video call) and I told him I wanted to sign him for Tottenham, but Tottenham didn’t help me.”
He continued, “The player’s transfer fee was 10 million pounds (he earned about 17.1 billion), but Tottenham only offered half, 5 million pounds (he earned about 8.5 billion). The deal was concluded sufficiently in the range of 7 to 8 million pounds (he won about 12 billion). not coming.”
Jose Mourinho, head coach who led Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham, and AS Roma, announced that he plans to recruit Korean defender Kim Min-jae when he leads Tottenham in 2021. Coach Mourinho announced that he has accepted Son Heung-min’s recommendation and made a video call and watched Kim Min-jae play, but could not bring him in because of the small transfer fee difference. The story behind the campaign to recruit Kim Min-jae, who Mourinho ironically praised in January last year by calling him rubbish, has suddenly been revealed. SNS
He then admitted, “And the crappy player I just mentioned is Kim Min-jae, who is currently playing for Napoli.”
The phrase “Trash Kim Min-jae” has now become a representative phrase praising Kim Min-jae’s excellent skills. At the time, Dan Kilpatrick, Tottenham reporter for the British Evening Standard, revealed that Mourinho’s description of Kim Min-jae was the English word “crap,” that is, “like trash.”
However, Tottenham were reluctant to spend a penny on the player because he was playing in China, and manager Mourinho harshly criticized Tottenham’s mentality in a press conference at the time. Instead of giving up Kim Min-jae, Tottenham paid over 20 billion won to bring in Wales national team defender Joe Rodon, but Rodon was on the release list after a year and is moving around on loan .
Jose Mourinho, head coach who led Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham, and AS Roma, announced that he plans to recruit Korean defender Kim Min-jae when he leads Tottenham in 2021. Coach Mourinho announced that he has accepted Son Heung-min’s recommendation and made a video call and watched Kim Min-jae play, but could not bring him in because of the small transfer fee difference. The story behind the campaign to recruit Kim Min-jae, who Mourinho ironically praised in January last year by calling him rubbish, has suddenly been revealed. FC Online Video Channel
If Tottenham had recruited Kim Min-jae, Tottenham’s main offense and defense could now be filled with Korean players.
Kim Min-jae, whose entry to Tottenham was eventually blocked, moved to Turkye Fenerbahce in the summer of 2022 and grew into the league’s main center back in a year before moving to the prestigious Italian club Napoli and entering to the big league.
Kim Min-jae, who has been very active since the first season and became a major contributor to Napoli’s first championship in 33 years, was chosen as the best defender in Serie A in Italy, the home of the defense. Additionally, based on his performance in Napoli, he became the fourth Korean player to be nominated for the Ballon d’Or, following Seol Ki-hyun, Park Ji-sung, and Son Heung-min, and ranked 22 in the vote last year. He came first among the world’s centre-backs.
Last summer, amid a flood of love calls, he transferred to Bayern Munich, a prestigious club in the German Bundesliga, for a transfer fee of 50 million euros (about 73 billion won).
Jose Mourinho, head coach who led Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham, and AS Roma, announced that he plans to recruit Korean defender Kim Min-jae when he leads Tottenham in 2021. Coach Mourinho announced that he has accepted Son Heung-min’s recommendation and made a video call and watched Kim Min-jae play, but could not bring him in because of the small transfer fee difference. The story behind the campaign to recruit Kim Min-jae, who Mourinho ironically praised in January last year by calling him rubbish, has suddenly been revealed. random news
Jose Mourinho, head coach who led Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham, and AS Roma, announced that he plans to recruit Korean defender Kim Min-jae when he leads Tottenham in 2021. Coach Mourinho said that he accepted Son Heung-min’s recommendation and made a video call and watched Kim Min-jae play, but announced that he could not bring him in because of the small transfer fee difference. The story behind the campaign to recruit Kim Min-jae, who Mourinho ironically praised in January last year by calling him rubbish, has suddenly been revealed. random news
Despite recently being pushed out by Matteis DeList and Eric Dier in Munich, he took charge of Munich’s defensive line as rumors of overwork arose in the first half of the year, and still plays some time as a backup at a reliable back to the two centre-backs.
Minjae Kim played well in the away match against Real Madrid in the 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg held at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain on the 9th, including a header that hit the goal post after came on as a substitute on 31 minutes of the second half.
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Reporter Kim Hyun-ki spitfire@xportsnews.com
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