As the days go by, the Italian media keep us in the loop of what is going on between Manchester United and their attempt to sign Kim Min-jae.
Il Mattino in Italy have been at the forefront of it all, and they continue this trend on Tuesday, making it clear that the deal is all but a formality.
They start off by making it clear the defender will be leaving Napoli, and there was even ‘no time to sober up’ after the title party, because ‘in the last box’ of his moving, he ‘put the medal’ he received, ‘and then everything in the suitcase’.
In fact, Il Mattino state that ‘the movers arrived’ to pack up his house ‘in the early afternoon yesterday’, and didn’t even ‘have to announce themselves to the security guard’.
That’s because ‘everyone there was waiting for that truck’, and they observed that ‘one package on top of another’ were loaded, full of ‘all the shirts of the season’, including the ‘ones he asked his teammates to give him as a farewell gift’.
The player said ‘goodbye’ to his teammates on Monday evening after the match against Sampdoria, and ‘allowed himself one last lap of the field’.
This all happened in a bit of a rush, as he has to complete his Korean military service, followed by the ‘British sirens’ that have ‘sounded to loud’, with Manchester United by far the club linked the most with a move.
With a €60m bid expected to arrive and trigger the release clause, it was ‘impossible to keep him any longer’, and he will ‘not return to Naples’ because the defender’s fate is ‘already written’.
It’s interesting that throughout the article, Il Mattino do not mention Manchester United, but they do in their headline, claiming he has ‘never been so close’ to Erik ten Hag’s side.
This gives you an indication of who the favourites are, with reports on Monday making it clear the player was inclined to say yes to the big contract offer put in front of him by the Red Devils.
