[Official] Korean Air has decided to recruit Jose Maso to replace Russell

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The Korean Air Jumbos Volleyball Team, which went straight to the championship match as the No. 1 professional volleyball league, recruited Jose Maso, a former member of the Cuban national team.

The Korean Air club officially announced on the 20th that it will replace foreign player Russell (USA) with Maso.

Russell, who joined at the end of last season, played the role of the team's main apogee spiker this season and contributed to achieving the top spot in the regular league with strong serve and offense, but he was forced to replace it due to poor performance and sluggish performance in the second half of the season.

Newcomer Maso has been a Cuban international since 2023 and won the league's best middle blocker award in the 2024-2025 season as a middle blocker for German league VfB Friedrichshafen.

In the 2025-2026 season, he played as an apogit spiker for the Iranian League Paikan team and headed to the V-League stage after receiving a love call from Korean Air.

Maso, who is 204 centimeters tall and is considered to have excellent spike RBIs and blocking heights, has participated in the 2025 tryout and attracted the attention of many clubs.

Korean Air coach Henan Dal Joto said, "I am well aware of Maso's performance as an apo-jit spiker for the Cuban national team, and I will train him to adapt to our team system as soon as possible to help him win the championship match, his final goal."

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