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AC Milan's love call to Kim Min-jae (30, Bayern Munich) continued "again."
Italy's "La Gazeta Delo Sport" reported, "Milan will recruit a center back this summer, and Korean defender Kim Min-jae from Naples and Spanish defender Mario Heila from Real Madrid Youth are the strongest candidates."
The media focused on Kim Min-jae, who won Scudetto in Naples, and Hila, who was born in Barcelona and has a unique history of playing through rival Real Madrid Youth, and paid attention to Milan's choice in the future.
First of all, there are huge financial barriers to Kim Min-jae's recruitment. According to the media, Jonathan Tawa was in the recent Atalanta match Kim Min-jae, who was benched by Upamecano, has been undergoing difficult competition in Munich since October, with only one UEFA Champions League (UCL) start and only 12 league starts.
With two years left on the contract, Munich is willing to sell if the conditions are appropriate. However, it is unclear whether Munich will offer Kim Min-jae, who paid 57 million euros (about 97.6 billion won) at the time of recruitment, for less than 30 million euros (about 51.4 billion won).

Above all, Kim Min-jae's high annual salary of 9 million euros (about 15.4 billion won), which far exceeds Milan's budget, is the biggest obstacle. The media said, "To return to Italy, a significant salary cut is essential. Still, Milan coach Masimiliano Allegri is known as a strong supporter of Kim Min-jae.
Among Kim Min-jae, who has excellent physical skills, and Hilla, it is explained that the key is what characteristics of AC Milan will be needed next season. The media said, "For Milan, which has a limited budget of 70 million euros (about 120 billion won), including the recruitment of central strikers, Hilla, which can be recruited at around 20 million euros (about 34.2 billion won), is a much cheaper option."
However, variables remain. According to the media, due to the provision that Real will take half of Hilar's transfer fee, Lazio's chairman Claudio Rotito may use him for another year and send him out without transfer fees. "Milan is expected to continue to keep an eye on other centerback resources in addition to these two players," the media said.

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