Munich and Kim Min-jae were so scared of Hong Myung-bo's remarks because they didn't protect him Another refutation

Jun 13, 2025

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Bayern Munich seems to be afraid to fall into the frame that they did not protect Kim Min-jae.

Bayern Munich general manager Max Eberle mentioned Kim Min-jae at a press conference ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup on the 13th (Korea time).

He said "Kim Min-jae has a slight problem with his Achilles tendon. There was a lot of talk that we put the player's health at risk, but that never happened. We were always in control of the whole situation. Now Kim Min-jae said he wants to rest and get back to health. He will resume training and join the team in a few days", he explained about Kim Min-jae's condition.

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Director Ebel's remarks seem to be very conscious of the view that Bayern excessively overworked Kim Min-jae, who is suffering from an Achilles tendon injury. It was South Korean coach Hong Myung-bo who publicly burst the controversy over Kim Min-jae's abuse.

Hong said in March "As you know, Kim Min-jae is a very important player for our team. However, a little disappointing is that Bayern should have prevented it to protect players. There have been signals about the risk of injury since before. The national team was fully aware of the risk of injury. "I wanted to give Kim Min-jae a break boldly because it's not right to play with Kim Min-jae now in order to protect the player." He complained that Bayern is not protecting Kim Min-jae.

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Kim Min-jae suffered an Achilles tendon injury in October last year. Kim Min-jae sacrificed himself in the absence of other center backs due to injuries. He endured the injury and played the game. He played the game with painkillers. Eventually, at the end of the season, Kim Min-jae was unable to perform properly due to his worse injury.

In April, the International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPro) expressed concern that Kim Min-jae played 55 games between Bayern and the South Korean national team and is playing every 3.7 days on average. Kim Min-jae carried out a murderous schedule in which he moved 74,000 kilometers through 20 overseas trips. At the time, FIFPro said "Kim Min-jae suffers from Achilles tendonitis. "Injuries that are not irrelevant to the number of games he played..." he said, claiming that Kim Min-jae's overwork caused the injury.

Even though Kim Min-jae's overwork is also being analyzed in figures, Bayern insists that Kim Min-jae was not overworked until the end. Even if Kim Min-jae said he wanted to play so as not to be pushed out of the main competition, he should have protected Kim Min-jae more at the club level.

Kim Min-jae has been sidelined since May because he did not do so. He did not play for Bayern nor was he called up for the South Korean national team. Kim Min-jae is also known to be uncertain about his trip to the Club World Cup. If Bayern really managed Kim Min-jae well, would there be a reason for Kim Min-jae to rest for this long.

On Kim's future, Ebereul director said, `When Kim Min-jae returns, Kim Min-jae, Dayo Upamecano, Yonathan Tha, Yoshif Stanisic and Ito Hiroki will compete. We are very well equipped in defence. Kim Min-jae also has to compete"It did not mention the possibility of release. However, according to local media reports in Germany, the person who led the release of Kim Min-jae was the director of Ebbe.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.