KB Sonbo, who recruited Lim Sung-jin, the biggest fish in the FA, '5 protected players' will be grouped together
KB Sonbo, who recruited Lim Sung-jin, the biggest fish in the FA, '5 protected players' will be grouped together
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KB Insurance, a men's professional volleyball team, recruited Lim Sung-jin, who was considered the biggest fish in the free agent (FA) market, but he was deeply troubled by the possibility of giving up the starting salary as a compensation player.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and Korea Electric Power Corp., which have reinforced FA big fish, are not different from each other in this situation.
KB Insurance caught both internal FA players, including national setter Hwang Taek-ui and Libero Jung Min-soo, who took the lead in advancing to the playoffs as the second place in the 2024-2025 regular league.
In addition, he also recruited outside heater Lim Sung-jin, who was fiercely competing in the FA market, and has the power to win.
Lim Sung-jin is a star player who combines proven skills and star quality such as a celebrity appearance.
In the 2024-2025 season, he played an active role by ranking seventh in scoring (484 points) and 10th in overall offense (45.99%).
He also played evenly in defense, ranking third in defense (4.13 per set) and fourth in dig (1.84 per set).
KB Insurance succeeded in recruiting Lim Sung-jin, beating Hyundai Capital and copyright, but it has to pay a harsh price for recruiting the biggest fish in the FA.
This is because Lim Sung-jin, who received a previous annual salary of 450 million won, is a Group A player (more than 250 million won per year), so there is a high possibility that one of the main players will be given up to KEPCO as a compensation player.
Under the current regulations, the A Group FA recruitment club (KB Insurance) must compensate the original team (Korea Electric Power Corporation) for 200% (900 million won) of the player's annual salary or pay 300% (1.35 billion won) of the annual salary.
Korea Electric Power Corp. is likely to choose the first option that includes compensation players, so KB Insurance will have to give up one.
KB Insurance is expected to tie four players, including Hwang Taek-ui, Jung Min-soo, Lim Sung-jin, and Na Kyung-bok, who signed an FA contract, to protective players first.
The biggest concern is who to choose the other protected player.
Middle blocker duo Cha Young-seok and Park Sang-ha, veteran outside heater Hwang Kyung-min who will join the military in May, as well as young middle blocker Lee Joon-young and outside heater Yoon Seo-jin are also candidates for protection.
KB Insurance is expected to keep agonizing until the last minute because it has to deliver the list of protected players to KEPCO by 12 p.m. on the 22nd.
A club official said, "We have not decided on a protected player yet," adding, "We plan to hold a meeting on the 21st to draw a conclusion."
The Korean Volleyball Federation considered expanding the number to six or seven due to the large bleeding of the FA recruitment club under the current protection player rule (5 players), but failed to make a change.
This situation is no different for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and KEPCO, which recruited Group A players Song Myung-geun and Kim Jung-ho.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance should decide the remaining two, with setter Lee Ho-gun, Libero Cho Kuk-ki, who remained as an internal FA, and middle blocker Kim Joon-woo, who ranked first in the blocking category this season, likely to be among the five protected players. 먹튀검증
KEPCO is also expected to consider who will be the other two protective players in addition to the three players, Shin Young-seok, Seo Jae-deok, and Kim Jung-ho, who are close to signing an FA contract.