Chelsea and another PL club want to sign a 28-year-old Bundesliga club defender this summer: Reports

Chelsea are among numerous clubs interested in signing Kim Min-Jae this summer. Newcastle United are also interested in signing the Bayern Munich defender.

Kim helped Napoli win the Serie A title in the 2022-23 season. He then joined Bayern in the summer of 2023. With a fee reported in the amount of EUR 50 million. However, he was the second choice behind Mathijs de Ligt and Eric Dier under Thomas Tuchel.

South Korean defender has become the first choice on Bazer After the appointment of Vincent Company for the main coach last summer. However, he failed to make a big impact, even made some expensive mistakes. Therefore, he could leave the club this summer.

Per FootballChelsea and Newcastle are interested in signing. Blues have been very active in the market transfers in recent seasons and want to continue this summer. NewcastleIn the meantime, last summer they failed in search of Marc Guehi and seek defense reinforcements.

Kim’s contract with Bayern expires in 2028, and according to Transmission marketIts market value is 45 million euros. The Serie A Club is also interested in the 28-year-old. However, according to the report mentioned above, the defender will rather move to the new league this summer.

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Enzo Maresca on the remaining schedule and goals of Chelsea for this season

The Blues lost 2-1 against Legia Warsaw at home in the UEFA Europa Conference League quarterfinals on Thursday Thursday. However, they won 4-2 on the aggregate. He will now face Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday in the Premier League.

In his press conference, Enzo Maresca wondered about the schedule, and he answered (by the way Club website):

“At the moment (in the season), there is no bad time to play. There is only the right time to play. We have six premier games of the Games plus two semi -final matches, so we have eight official games we played at the moment and are all important. Now is the moment to leave if we want to come to something.

“Chelsea is a big club, a huge club, one of the biggest clubs in the world. So it’s normal to have pressure. When you decide to sign for Chelsea, you have to think you are under pressure because it’s Chelsea. It’s the same for a manager, no doubt. So if we have worries (because of that, we are in the wrong way.

After Fulham, West London will host Everton in Premier league April 26, then on May 1, will face the Swedish side of Djurgarden in the first leg of the Europa Conference at 3ar.