Love call for all the big three clubs... The hidden reason why Lim Sung-jin chose KB Insurance
Love call for all the big three clubs... The hidden reason why Lim Sung-jin chose KB Insurance
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"I felt more sincere than any other club. And above all, one of the decisive reasons was that there was a player of Korea's best setter Hwang Taek." This is why Lim Sung-jin (26), who was considered one of the biggest players in the professional volleyball FA market, chose KB Insurance as his new home.
An official from Lim Sung-jin's agent company said in an interview with Yonhap News on the 17th that KB Insurance has shown the most active willingness to recruit him among several clubs. In order to recruit Lim Sung-jin, who was released as an FA after playing for KEPCO in the 2024-2025 season, the "big three" clubs, including KB Insurance, Hyundai Capital, which achieved the treble, and copyright, the runner-up in the championship, have actually contacted him.
Im Sung-jin, an outside heater with both attack and defense and a star player, ranked seventh in the scoring category last season by scoring 484 points in all 36 matches of the regular season. Among Korean players excluding foreign players, he scored the second highest after Heo Soo-bong (Hyundai Capital), ranking 10th in overall attack rate (45.99 percent) and 6th in open attack (37.86 percent). He also demonstrated his all-round ability by ranking third in defense (average of 4.31 points per set) and eighth in sub-division (average of 0.27 points per set).
KB Insurance made an active move despite having to compensate KEPCO 200% of its annual salary (900 million won) and one other protected player or pay 300% of its annual salary (1.35 billion won) as it is a Group A player with an annual salary of 450 million won. He met with Lim Sung-jin at the negotiation table five times and emphasized that Lim Sung-jin is the "future" of the team.
In particular, the fact that Hwang Taek-ui, a national team setter, contacted Lim Sung-jin several times to persuade him to "make a winning team together" was the decisive factor that moved Lim Sung-jin's mind. At KB Insurance, Lim Sung-jin is expected to fill the vacancy of veteran Hwang Kyung-min, who is scheduled to join the military in May, and play a role in the attack on the left wing along with Na Kyung-bok and Asian quarter player Mohamed Yaqoob.
An official from KB Insurance explained, "Coach Leonardo Afonso showed a strong will to recruit Lim Sung-jin, saying he is an essential player, and it was effective to persuade him more sincerely than any other team 온라인바카라." After signing the contract with KB Insurance, Lim Sung-jin also said, "I'm sad to leave Korea Electric Power Corp., but I'm happy to join KB Insurance, which is growing into a prestigious club," adding, "I'll try to show good performance to fans in the future."