Seven men's professional volleyball teams have virtually completed their off-season reinforcement.
The FA market, which was held after the 2024-2025 regular season, was closed on the 21st, with 18 out of 25 people who qualified as FA signed with their original team, and five people, including Lim Sung-jin, who was the biggest fish, signed with KB Insurance.
In addition, Lee Kang-won decided to start anew as Woori Card coach, and only Kim Jae-hwi, who was released as an FA from Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, remained as an "uncontracted player."
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Lim Sung-jin, the biggest fish in the FA market, moved to KB Insurance.
In addition, KEPCO, without outside heater Lim Sung-jin, recruited Kim Jung-ho from the FA market in the same position as Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance brought in FA Song Myung-geun, who played for Woori Card, and Woori Card made a series of moves, including reinforcing Apogit Spiker Kim Dong-young, who came out as an FA from KEPCO.
copyright caught Kim Sun-ho, a member of Hyundai Capital's treble (winning the cup tournament, ranking first in the regular league, and winning the championship game) in the FA market.
Apart from moving to the FA market, OK Savings Bank, led by Hyundai Capital and "Spring Volleyball Preacher" Shin Young-chul, made a one-on-one trade in exchange for Jeon Kwang-in and Shin Chan-jin.
Players' domino-style moves culminated in the designation of FA compensation players.
KEPCO, which gave up Lim Sung-jin to KB Insurance, selected veteran Libero Jung Min-soo as a compensation player.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which lost Kim Jung-ho to KEPCO, chose middle blocker Park Chan-woong, who is scheduled to be discharged from the military at the end of October, as its compensation player.
In addition, Woori Card, where Song Myung-geun transferred to Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, named outside heater Lee Si-mon as a compensation player. 스포츠토토
As the A-class (more than 250 million won per year) FA big fish have been transferred, three main players have also changed their uniforms as compensation players.
In the process of nominating compensation players, some clubs pushed for triangular trade, but it was reported that it failed because the cards did not match.
As a result, volleyball officials predict that there will be no major trade for the time being.
This is because foreign players' tryouts and drafts are scheduled in Istanbul, Turkiye, from the 6th to the 9th of the same month, when they will start negotiating salaries with players other than the FA from next month.
A club official said, "Now there is a difficult process of negotiating salaries with players," adding, "The clubs cannot afford to be interested in trading." However, after deciding on a foreign player, I expect that the coach and the team's front office, who meet at the draft, will have some conversation about vulnerable positions, he said.