Kangin lee go back to Mestalla this saturday after leaving in summer free after another miscalculated management by Meriton and the president of Valencia Anil Murthy, which renewed the Korean player in the summer of 2020. Then misinterpreted the effect two decisions would have: one, that the departure of consecrated footballers would open the gates of ownership; and, two, what give him the ’10’ without any merit it would finish convincing him. Almost had the opposite effect because it put the boy in a bind before him rest of the wardrobe -That’s why the 10 that Carlos Soler had claimed was left deserted until the winter market.
That summer 2020, in which Lim put Valencia in a blender, -behind the sports debacle without Marcelino or Alemany- and the economical -for the pandemic- it was proclaimed that heto bet of the club the Academywhen it was actually his table survival. By the way, this year, the motto is recover the DNA of Valencia.
Kangin never finished shining in Valencia as he had done with the Korea national team. Chosen best player of the U-20 World Cup, he was already reproached Marcelino who was not giving him the opportunities that his level claimed. But neither Celades nor Gracia did it either. And no one doubts his talent, But surely need another speed or change environment to be able to develop it. Kangin refused to renew and the ‘tic-tac’ ran in his favor because in 2022 he was free when he was 21 years old.
So the August 30, the club reached an agreement to terminate the contract of Kangin, who already had everything agreed to land at the Mallorca of Luis García Plaza. But the story of the Korean player is it had ended quite a few months ago. In fact, the November 30, 2020 in a extensive interview with international media, Anil Murthy was full of self-praise to the quarry policy of Valencia, and between compliments towards Yunus, named Hugo González, Fran Pérez, Facu (they deserve it without a doubt). However, to Kangin -since he was 10 years old in Paterna- he just named it, next to Paulista and Maxi Gómez, to refer to their status as extra-community.
With such a background, no doubt, Meriton’s ‘triumph’ was to get that Kangin will forgive the last year contract in order to free a extra-community square to enroll Marcos André.
