Coach Jose Mourinho shot Tottenham Hotspur rather than telling an anecdote about targeting Kim Min-jae when he was manager of Tottenham Hotspur.

Coach Mourinho participated in an official press conference ahead of the league match against Napoli on the 28th (Korean time). 

Rome and Napoli will face off in the 20th round of Serie A in the 2022/23 season at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona at 4:45 am on the 30th. 

Napoli is 1st with 16 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss with 50 points, while Roma is 5th with 11 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses with 37 points. 

At the press conference that day, Mourinho was asked about Min-jae Kim, who Roma’s attacking team needs to break through.

Regarding Kim Min-jae, Mourinho said, “I wanted him at Tottenham. 

“Tottenham’s transfer fee proposal was 5 million euros (about 6.7 billion won), and at the time, his ransom was 10 million euros (about 13.4 billion won). Even though there is, I only offered 5 million euros.” 스포츠토토

He said, “This story is the story of Min-jae Kim, who is currently playing for Naples.” 

Mourinho served as Tottenham manager from November 2019 to April 2021. He strongly wanted Kim Min-jae at the time, but lost him due to the club’s financial situation. 

And the player Tottenham brought was Joe Roden, who paid a transfer fee of 12 million euros (approximately 16.1 billion won) at the time. As a result, in retrospect, it was Tottenham’s defeat.

Kim Min-jae, who was active in Beijing Guoan at the time, eventually moved to Fenerbahçe and after conquering the Turkiye stage, transferred to Naples last summer and entered the European big league. 

Even in Naples, Kim Min-jae is receiving a lot of attention from big European clubs based on his tremendous defense.

Napoli is leading Serie A with Kim Min-jae and the best attacking duo of Hvica Kvarachelia and Victor Osimen.