“I think I should bow to Lee Kang-in…” Mallorca, the most luxurious transfer window in history

Mallorca recruited a lot of players with the money Lee Kang-in sold.

Mallorca announced on its official website on the 11th (Korea Standard Time), “I am happy to sign a contract with Serge Darde,” adding, “Mayorka’s Darde has become the sixth recruiter this summer.” On the same day, Mallorca made an official announcement to Samu Costa as well as Darde.

In the summer transfer window, Mallorca signed Darde, Costa, Cyralin, Shiv van der Hayden, Manumolanes and Omar Mascarrell, and the six players cost 24.3 million euros (about 35.5 billion won).

It is a transfer market where it has become common to pay more than 100 million euros (approximately 146.1 billion won) for a player, but Mallorca is a club that is very far from inflation in the transfer market. This is the reality faced by underpowered teams in Spanish La Liga.

For such Mallorca, 24.3 million euros is also a very large amount. It is also the first time in club history that Mallorca has spent more than 20 million euros in the transfer market. As much as that, Mallorca was not a club that could afford financially.

While some Spanish La Liga clubs are still struggling with debt incurred during the COVID-19 era, the reason Mallorca was able to make such drastic spending was because of Lee Kang-in.

Lee Kang-in left Mallorca this summer and transferred to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), bringing him 22 million euros (approximately 32.1 billion won). This was a huge amount corresponding to the second highest discharge transfer fee in the history of the Mallorca club. In other words, a player who was recruited two years ago without spending a penny on the transfer fee has brought over 30 billion won in just two years.

With the transfer fee generated from the sale of Lee Kang-in, Mallorca went on an unprecedented shopping spree in the history of the club. Reinforcements were made on both sides of the offense and defense. The attack gap created by Lee Kang-in’s departure was filled through Larin and Darde. Larin scored eight goals and provided three assists for Real Valladolid last season.

Darde is a player who performed very well in La Liga last season and is a direct replacement for Lee Kang-in. In addition to attack reinforcements, he also completed reinforcements for center backs, central midfielders, and defensive midfielders, giving Mallorca coach Javier Aguirre a tremendous reinforcement.

Even after recruiting players like this, the net expenditure on the books is 2.3 million euros (approximately 3.3 billion won). As Lee Kang-in transferred to PSG, it is highly likely that he received part of the transfer fee according to the terms of the contract, so the net expenditure could increase. Even so, it does not change the fact that Mallorca was able to enjoy such leisurely shopping because of Lee Kang-in.

by: 토토사이트웹