Mallorca midfielder Lee Kang-in is in “advanced talks” to join French football giants Paris Saint Germain (PSG), according to multiple reports Tuesday.
The KFA has questioned reported plans to hold two exhibition games between Napoli and Mallorca in Seoul next month, saying it does not want to permit a non-league game to be played on the same day as scheduled K League matches
Lee Kang-in was nominated for the La Liga Team of the Season on Tuesday, the only Mallorca player to make the 47-man shortlist announced by the Spanish league and EA Sports.
Napoli and Mallorca may be joining the flood of European football clubs headed for Korea this summer, with local media reporting Wednesday that the two teams could be playing a friendly here as early as next month.
Lee Kang-in of Mallorca, right, fights for the ball with Atletico Madrid’s Pablo Barrios during a La Liga game in Madrid on Wednesday.
Lee Kang-in became the first Korean footballer ever to score two goals in one La Liga game on Sunday, bagging a brace to lead Mallorca to a 3-1 victory over Getafe in a performance the club summed up in one word: “King.”
Mallorca midfielder Lee Kang-in’s good form earned him yet another accolade on Tuesday, with statistics accumulator WhoScored.com naming him among the best XI players in Europe for the football week that ended on April 17.
Mallorca manager Javier Aguirre blamed star midfielder Lee Kang-in and Koreans fans in general for his side’s 1-0 loss to Real Betis on Sunday, claiming that La Liga has scheduled the games unfairly to try and appeal to Asian fans.
Lee Kang-in scored a crucial equalizer for Mallorca on Sunday, holding fourth-place Real Sociedad to a 1-1 draw in a La Liga clash at home in the Balearic Islands.
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