https://sports.news.naver.com/kfootball/news/read.nhn?oid=216&aid=0000098574 “민재가 고민하고, 여러가지를 묻길래 (중국에 대해) 있는 그대로 얘기해줬다. 좋은 것도 있지만 그 반대도 있다. 민재가 더 좋은 선택지를 택했으면 좋겠다“ KKW also talked to KMJ about a move to China. KKW states that he told KMJ "as it is" but it sounds like KKW encouraged a move elsewhere. Glad that there are hyungs like this to support the youngsters. I'm sure players are talking to HIB about the Whitecaps move as well.
will likely have to sort out loan deals before transfer deadline too but he should definitely leave right after Asian Cup. don't return to Jeonbuk... play in another league in Europe as that will help his case for WP in summer. not to mention, pro career in Europe is completely different to K League based on interviews & descriptions by Korean players. if K League sort of pampers/baybsits the players, in Europe... Kim MJ will have to do things on his own (probably with the help of his agent). get adjusted to European life... and jump to EPL from K League is too steep anyways.
Kim Young Gwon: "We (Bento) have talked about a lot of things. He asked me about my club situation. As it is still unclear, I asked him to help me finding a good club." He said it jokingly but Bento has good connections and he cares about KYG, so fingers crossed
bento is not well liked in portugal so i doubt he has any serious pulls. best way he can probably help is providing positive referrals but i dont see him ever initiating a scouting process
Chinese are not that honorable people. LOL. They even revoked Choi Kanghee's contract after it was formally signed. Verbal agreements mean even less. If Chinese sue Jeonbuk Jeonbuk simply can say communication problem or bad English. It is not just the quality of the league, there is going to be no Asian quota this year. It probably will never be reinstated. It is a very risky move for KMJ if he goes to China. Many of you are not that fluent in Korean. My impression of what Jeonbuk says is that they worry about their credibility with Chinese, they did not have any binding verbal agreement with Beijing and they are willing to sacrifice their credibility for the sake of KMJ's football career.
Kim Min-jae has already given his verbal agreement to Beijing Guoan, and both sides have been in advanced talks, which could be a “problem” if he were to consider Watford’s offer, said Jeonbuk general manager Baek Seung-kwon. Baek added that Jeonbuk will “respect” Kim’s decision.— Steve Han • 한만성 (@realstevescores) January 19, 2019 If I'm Kim Minjae I'll just burn bridge with Beijing if he wants to go to Europe. For Jeonbuk, they can just say they can't force players against their will so they have no power.
Verbal agreements mean something more than you guys seem to think. It would be comical for Chinese to take this to court given the way they have been acting but in theory they can and Watford may not want all that legal entanglement. If KMJ has given a verbal agreement, it is really foolish of him. What does he gain by it? He should have remained ambiguous. P.S. I researched a bit further and it looks pretty bad for KMJ. He can get into a lot of legal trouble if he decides to go to Europe. He will have to persuade Beijing, otherwise a lot of detracting legal problems. Beijing verbally agreed to help KMJ go to Europe later but deliberately did not offer to put it in the contract. It appears that Beijing is out to screw another Korean player. The only option for KMJ is to keep demanding ridiculous things and make Beijing back out. Jeonbuk also can harasss Beijing with things like raising the transfer fee. These in turn may tempt Beijing to screw Kim once they acquire him. They have a lot of money and can do it out of spite and hatred of Koreans.
PCY running away from Lille personnel at the train station to join Arsenal and Koo burning bridges with Youngboys to join Wolfsburg. We no need worry
Unfortunately that's not how it works in the real world. If this dude is right (not sure how accurate is Steve Han) and Kim has already made a verbal agreement, it is just as enforceable as a physical contract. If his agents were not aware of this, he needs to sack his agents. Or in an alternate scenario, Beijing might release him from his verbal agreement to chase after his European dream.
However all verbal agreements are vague by nature and there is nothing that bars him from demanding a little extra unless he foolishly agreed to specific transfer clauses. Extras like ... a ridiculously low buy-out, but this may not be possible, I don't really know much about this.
That tweet just seems like he put some meat on the bones of the initial reports. I have yet to read anything about a real verbal agreement, only that Jeonbuk have been in talks with Beijing and so it may get a bit awkward/complex/problematic. To what extent the negotiations reached we do not know. Everything official has been very vague, but it seems Jeonbuk have their sites set on sending KMJ to Europe though.
I had learned that verbal agreements are binding from Park Jooyoung's case but this is different from his case. Park was about to sign a specific contract and gave a verbal agreement. Kim however just expressed a general intent. There are so many loopholes like demanding unacceptable extras and this verbal agreement is as good as nothing. Jeonbuk is just being overly cautious. Jeonbuk is Hyndai affilated thus Chung MJ and I do not see them sacrificing the future of Korean soccer for a little bit of money. P.S. I just hope that Kim does not make crucial errors that lead to 0-2 defeat either to Bahrain or Qatar next week. That will screw up everything.
does it matter since Jeonbuk hasn't agreed with Beijing Guoan? based on the article, they are still "negotiating". Jeonbuk can simply reject the offer (seems like they are far off for the fee)
I would take gurusky/steve han tweets for entertainment purposes more than for credible purposes... Kim min jae burns bridges with a chinese club. Who cares. Go to watford
Lol, it should be,and usually there shouldn't be any problem with a second club making an offer. But as that Jeonbuk director said, the club is still being cautious because they've been doing something with Beijing already. We'll find out soon enough anyway.
The director is being nice because he didn't want to blueball Beijing but he needs to kick them out of his bed because he got a better offer. He just thinks the whole situation is awkward.
Whatever, I think we're reading waaaaaay too much into this. There are two potential outcomes: Kim goes to Beijing with a even bigger paycheck or goes to Watford. Let's see what happens, we'll find out in a week or so anyway.