Lee Kang-In left PSG for Atlético Madrid for €35m, potentially €40m with bonuses. Excellent player, never a locked PSG starter — now a return to the league where he shone at Mallorca.
The Simeone question
The fee looks light for age, talent and global pull. The risk is classic Atlético: will Simeone’s structure liberate a playmaker — or sand him down?
- PSG minutes were mostly secondary fixtures
- Atlético get marketing pull + technical quality
- History with pure creators under Simeone is mixed