While Harry Maguire might not have been to blame for Manchester United’s defeat at the hands of West Ham over the weekend, few fans of the club will begrudge the Red Devils moving on from him at the end of the season.
One of the big names linked to replace the England international has been Napoli’s Kim Min-jae, who helped the Serie A side win the league in his first season there, impressing with his performances from start to finish under Luciano Spalletti.
With the job now done, the Italian media are focusing on the South Korean’s future, which could involve Manchester United, as Gazzetta dello Sport explain on Tuesday.
The newspaper remind their readers that Kim has a release clause in his contract valid from the 1st to the 15th of July that allows clubs to sign him for a figure that ‘exceeds €50m and can touch €60m’, depending on the type of club that comes knocking.
Manchester United would likely be on the higher end of the scale, and it’s pointed out that Erik ten Hag’s side are one of the two main clubs (Manchester City being the other) that ‘animate the auction’ of the wages on any renewal Napoli might offer their star defenders.
It’s said the Old Trafford side have ‘identified him for some time and the scouting work has been done in detail’.
That being said, ‘the sale of the club is fatally limiting the manoeuvres of the Red Devils’, and that’s something that needs to be solved quickly to get Ten Hag the players he wants to improve Manchester United ahead of next season.
