Min-Jae Kim, defender of FC Bayern, made mistakes this season. Kim has been playing with pain for a long time – and he plays so often that the FIFPRO player union referred to him.
Min-Jae Kim started the new season with FC Bayern. Together with Dayot Upamecano, the record champion finally seemed to have the long -awaited strong defensive. But in the course of the season, the shape curve of the South Korean fell down.
Kim last error -prone
The South Korean is also physically far from its top form: Kim has been suffering from Achilles tendon irritation for a long time. Rarely protects the 28-year-old to FC Bayern coach Vincent Kompany. The defender bit his teeth together, often played in pain and made many mistakes. Especially in the two Champions League games against Inter Milan He revealed many mistakes: Kim did not make a good figure in three out of four goals.
Player union Kim takes Kim as a warning example
Kim is one of the players with the most games worldwide. The FIFPRO player union recently referred to this. Under the hashtag #Athelimit, she referred to the South Korean and drew attention to the extreme loads. So far he has been on the lawn 43 times for FC Bayern, and there are also missions with the national team – Kim can play 70 games by the end of the season.
Kim shows himself self -critical
Kim himself does not want to accept his Achilles tendon problems as an excuse: “I bite my teeth together, close my eyes and hold out. Errors, injuries or too many games-maybe that are excuses. I still have to stay concentrated. This is my job. I have to cope with that.
Fifro warns Damage
In contrast, FIFPRO sees a dangerous development in the Kim case. “Without targeted protective measures, long-term health damage-even with the top players,” warned the player union in its message. The immense deadline pressure in professional football not only has physical, but also mental risks.
Rummenigge: “Our players should stop whining”
The long-time Bavaria CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on the other hand, the debate about the burden of the new club World Cup can no longer hearas he made clear in February in an interview with the “Sport Bild”. “Our players should stop whining! The whole contract negotiations that I help with us only go in one direction: higher and higher, and faster. FC Bayern is supposed to collect up to 50 million euros alone as an incidence fee, report various media. In the event of a tournament victory, this sum could increase to over 100 million euros.
Eberl demands “vacation for the players”
Sports board member Max Eberl, on the other hand, sees the stress of the players critically. In the Blickpunkt-Sport-Interview in December, he demanded one Adjustment of the schedule. “In the competitions we have, we are reaching limits. I don’t know where to pack anything. We have to look bigger,” said Eberl asked about the club World Cup. From Eberl’s point of view, however, “the big whole” must be considered. “Maybe you have to get a step back and look at the whole schedule in order to then find better solutions,” said Eberl: “And by that I also mean: vacation for the players.”
Kim’s timetable in front of the club World Cup: first to Iraq, then to South Korea
How much vacation the FC Bavaria professionals can treat themselves in summer also depends on whether they are used again for the national team. The DFB players compete at the Nations League final-the journey is manageable for the FC Bayern players, after all, the games take place in Munich. A much longer trip is waiting for Kim. For the World Cup qualifier, South Korea will go to Iraq on June 5, before a home game against Kuwait is coming on June 10th. For Kim it says again: “Bite your teeth together”. Provided that it is then operational at all.
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Source: Lighting point Sport 04.05.2025 – 9:45 p.m.
