Kim Min-jae was the victim of a witch hunt...Ranked third place in successful league passes this season → 2,337 times
Kim Min-jae was the victim of a witch hunt...Ranked third place in successful league passes this season → 2,337 times
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Kim Min-jae, who has been criticized by various local media recently. However, Stat did not lie. Kim was ranked third in the league pass category this season.
European soccer statistics media "Squoka" released the rankings of each division of the German Bundesliga in the 2024-25 season on the 19th (Korea time). The media comprehensively included a total of eight sectors, including scoring, helping, creating opportunities, creating big chances, dribbling, successful pass, successful tackle, and inducing fouls.
What attracts the attention is the passes category. Surprisingly, Kim Min-jae was ranked third. He made a total of 2,337 passes this season. This is behind only first-place Joshua Kimmich (3,183) and second-place Granit Xhaka (2,501).
Despite the unfavorable conditions, Kim has silently dedicated himself to the team. He has been suffering from an Achilles injury since October last year. Despite this, Vincent Kompany coach Kim Min-jae was unconditionally appointed as the starting pitcher. Worse yet, Dayot Upamecano, Alfonso Davis and Hiroki Ito all collapsed, adding to the burden of responsibility.
Obviously, he didn't recover completely. Nevertheless, he had to grit his teeth. However, this soon led to his poor performance. A case in point is the quarterfinal match of the UEFA Champions League, against Derklaasiker Dortmund. At that time, Kim started in both matches and committed a fatal error. As a result, he was criticized by local media. He even dubbed himself the "worst defender."
Naturally, criticism has sparked rumors of Kim's sale. Florian Flettenberg of Germany's "Sky Sports" said, "There is a possibility that Kim Min-jae will leave the team in the summer transfer market. Munich will listen to Kim's offer."
Fabrizio Romano, who was fluent in the news of the European transfer market, also claimed, "If there is a good offer for both the club and the player, there is a possibility that he will leave in the summer. Currently, many clubs in Europe are watching Kim Min-jae."
Christian Polk, a reporter for Bild, said, "München expected more from Kim Min-jae and recruited him. However, he showed disappointing performance and is highly likely to leave the team this summer. Kim Min-jae himself feels the criticism against him deeply recently."
In addition, Munich intends to give Kim Min-jae a bargain. Polk said, "In the beginning, Munich set a transfer fee of 50 million euros (about 78.1 billion won). However, the situation is different now. For 30 million to 35 million euros (about 47 billion won to 54.7 billion won), I am willing to sell it."
"Kim Min-jae has already been informed by the club that he can transfer this summer. This happened before Eric Dier's transfer was decided. Jonathan Ta can be the perfect replacement for Kim Min-jae," he added.
Furthermore, several media outlets including "Sky Sports," "Built," "Huscoord Dotcom" and "Transferkt" even excluded Kim from the next season's team plan. He might feel a little frustrated. He didn't give up even if he was sick and put his team first. 바카라사이트
In fact, Kim played the longest 3,593 minutes among the Munich defenders this season. On the contrary, Upamecano and Davis, who received full support from their teams, recorded only 1,761 minutes and 1,561 minutes, respectively. Even the two were declared out for the season earlier. Therefore, the criticism toward Kim seems a bit excessive.