Flying Kang-In Lee option for PSG

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Publish on 10/21 at 09:42

After arriving from Mallorca, Lee was thrown in at the deep end by coach Luis Enrique as the champions opened up the 2023-24 campaign with a goalless draw at home to Lorient.

He then featured for barely a half in the 1-1 draw with Toulouse that followed before injury and international duty meant that was his last appearance in the red-and-blue shirt ahead of Round 9.

But while away with South Korea, Lee has won the Asian Games football gold medal before scoring his first senior international goals in a 4-0 win friendly win over Tunisia and tallying another strike in the 6-0 defeat of Vietnam in friendly earlier this week before making the long trip back to France.

"For us, in our system, his preferred position would be as a number 8," said Luis Enrique, who could use Lee to replace the injured Warren Zaire-Emery in his starting XI. "But he can also play as a winger and perhaps even through the middle as a false nine or as a support striker. He's good at finishing and can make that final pass. He's a very promising player."

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