'Top FA' Park Ji-su stays, now only one player remains unsigned... Kim Ye-jin enters third-round negotiations

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With the top FA player, Park Ji-su, remaining with her original team, only one player remains in the WKBL waiting for negotiations.

The WKBL announced the results of the 2026 FA second-round negotiations on the 15th. The most notable point in this announcement was Park Ji-su's re-signing with KB Stars. Park will continue with KB under a record-breaking deal: a two-year contract with an annual salary of 300 million won and bonuses of 200 million won, totaling 500 million won per year.

Through this contract, Park Ji-su has set a new record for the highest annual salary in the WKBL. Having led her team to a championship last season and dominated the league, Park will serve as team captain in the upcoming season, anchoring the team's bid for back-to-back titles. Through the club, Park expressed, "I am deeply grateful to the fans who have always supported me and to the club that has shown such great trust. Feeling a strong sense of responsibility, I will do my best alongside my teammates."

KB, having successfully secured Park Ji-su, also accelerated its roster strengthening. The club signed Yoon Ye-bin, who played for Samsung Life, to a three-year contract worth a total of 150 million won. In addition, KB successfully concluded negotiations with five of its own players among the 10th FA targets.

Incheon Shinhan Bank also succeeded in internal retention. The club re-signed Kim Jin-young for one year with a total salary of 150 million won (120 million won base salary and 0.3 billion won bonuses) and signed Lee Hye-mi to a one-year contract worth a total of 65 million won, preventing key departures.

On the other hand, Kim Ye-jin of Asan Woori Bank failed to reach an agreement by the end of the second-round negotiation period and remains on the list of unsigned players. Kim is scheduled to hold third-round negotiations with her original team from the 16th to the 18th. If an agreement is not reached here, she will begin negotiations with other teams starting on the 19th.

Meanwhile, the compensation process for FA transfers has begun. In the case of Yoon Ye-bin, who moved to KB, she ranked 31st in contribution for the year, corresponding to the fourth tier of compensation priority. Accordingly, her original team, Samsung Life, can either receive 100% of Yoon's contract amount as compensation or designate one compensation player, excluding six protected players.

The acquiring team must submit its list of protected players by 5 p.m. on the 19th, while the former team must choose either a compensation player or compensation money by 5 p.m. on the 20th.

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