

Kim has 30 caps for the senior Korean men’s team and appeared for the U-23 team eight times, including at the 2018 Asian Games. Spurs are said to have attempted to buy Kim from Beijing last year in a deal valued at around 15 million euros ($18 million), and both Chelsea and Liverpool have also shown interest in signing him. Both Spurs and Liverpool were also reportedly interested in the rising star at different points that year. Kim was linked to the Premier League even before he moved to Beijing in 2019, with Watford FC reportedly interested in signing him. With Kim on the squad, Beijing finished as runner-up in the Chinese Super League in 2019, the club's best result since 2014. Kim joined Beijing in January 2019 and immediately earned a spot in the starting lineup. With Jeonbuk, Kim won the K League title in 20 and was named the K League's Young Player of the Year.
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Kim started his professional career with Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC in Korea's third-tier K3 league in 2016, quickly moving up to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC in the K League in 2017. The Korean defender has been linked to a number of clubs, with multiple Premier League teams attempting to sign him over the years. Although still unconfirmed, Juventus's interest in Kim isn't a surprise. Either of those options would see Kim playing for the winningest team in Italian football by January next year. According to the SIC Notícias report, there are two options on the table: Juventus reaches a deal with Beijing for Kim's immediate transfer and then loans him out to Serie A side Sassuolo until January 2022, or Kim signs a contract with Juventus now that begins in January 2022, allowing him to complete his existing contract first. Kim is currently under contract with the Chinese side until the end of this year, raising questions over exactly what sort of deal he could have reached with Juventus. As of press time, the deal has been widely reported in Italy but has not been confirmed by either the club or Kim's agency. According to a report from Portuguese news network SIC Notícias, Juventus and Kim have reached an agreement on a contract that will commit him to the club until June 2025.

Kim Min-jae Kim Min-jae, the formidable Korean center-back known as The Monster, is set to leave Beijing Guoan and move to Italian Serie A club Juventus, European media reported Monday.
