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Kim Min-jae's 2024-2025 season is over.
Germany's TZ decided to give Kim Min-jae, who is suffering from Achilles tendon inflammation and foot problems, a rest until the end of the German Bundesliga on the 7th (Korea Standard Time). As a result, Kim will not be able to play in the rest of the game and will instead prepare to help the team in the Club World Cup,' the report said.
Bayern will then undergo Eric Dier's transfer to AS Monaco, Hiroki Ito's metatarsal fracture, and knee surgery Upamecano's uncertain return schedule is causing serious staffing shortages in the defense. Accordingly, Kim Min-jae is expected to play an important role in the FIFA Club World Cup if he fully recovers.
Bayern will finish the 2024-2025 season with just two league games. Since the Bundesliga championship has been confirmed, the remaining two games are not very important. When he had the luxury of not having to pay attention to his grades, he finally decided to give Kim Min-jae a break.
It's good news just to give Kim Min-jae a break, but it's undeniable that he feels disappointed in many ways. Kim Min-jae injured his Achilles tendon in mid-October last year. It is also true that Kim Min-jae burned his will to play after being injured, but Bayern did not manage Kim Min-jae at all. Often, training intensity was lowered or additional rest was given, but this was only a measure to get Kim Min-jae to play.
This is because Kim Min-jae's performance would not have been more shaky in the second half if he had managed Kim Min-jae to some extent and put him into the game. Kim Min-jae, who was overworked, was clearly shaken in the second half of the year, which led to excessive criticism.
The reason for giving a break ahead of two games of the season is that Kim Min-jae is needed at the Club World Cup. As TZ explained, Bayern's defense is still in emergency. Dyer's transfer to Monaco was confirmed immediately after the contract expired. Hiroki is uncertain even to return in 2025 due to a recurrence of a metatarsal fracture. Upamecano is recovering but could leave the team in the summer transfer window as re-signing talks collapse.
In this situation, without Kim Min-jae, the only available resource for centerback is Josip Stanisic. Kim Min-jae is given a break because he has to play again in the Club World Cup, where the all-time prize money is at stake. It is to give a break to protect players, but if Kim Min-jae plays many games from the Club World Cup, it is not ultimately player protection. Bayern will face Auckland City FC (New Zealand), CA Boca Juniors (Argentina) and SL Benfica (Portugal) in the group stage of the Club World Cup.
Kompany and Bayern's belated protection of Kim Min-jae will not be more welcome to Korean fans. This is because Bayern recently created a controversy over passing Kim Min-jae. Kim Min-jae has often made mistakes this season, but it cannot be denied that he is the main player in winning the Bundesliga. Kim Min-jae played as he changed his body while other center backs were lying down, the second-most time in the league.
However, Kim Min-jae was excluded from the poster posted on the thumbnail of the video featuring the winning players. Even though there is no reason to exclude Kim Min-jae. As Korean soccer fans protested strongly, they deleted the existing thumbnails altogether and belatedly corrected them with thumbnails containing all players.
In addition, to commemorate Kim Min-jae's victory, the passion and dedication of 2,289 minutes in the official SNS was a great boost to Munich. I sincerely congratulate him on his first career Bundesliga victory and his first historical record as a Korean player, but even Lee raised controversy. The first victory of a Korean player in the Bundesliga was set by Jung Woo-young, who has now left Bayern.
Some even argue that Bayern's incomprehensible controversy has racist implications. In this atmosphere, public opinion cannot improve when Kim Min-jae is given a late break and even the reason for the break is said to be playing in the Club World Cup.
Meanwhile, Kim Min-jae also won the Bundesliga, becoming the first player in Korean soccer history to win two big leagues.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
