Rangers Close In on Girona Winger Kim Min-Su After Relegation Triggers £8.5m Release Clause
Rangers are pressing ahead with a deal to sign Girona winger Kim Min-Su, with a medical scheduled for Monday and confidence growing that the transfer will be completed within hours (Daily Record).
The 24-year-old South Korean became available after Girona's relegation from La Liga, Spain's top flight, left the club needing to trim its squad. His contract contains an £8.5 million release clause — a fixed fee that allows any club to sign him without negotiating with Girona (Daily Record; Chosun Ilbo). Rangers have decided to trigger it.
Kim's senior experience at Girona has been limited to eight appearances, but his broader résumé is more substantial. He scored 19 goals in 84 games for Girona B, the club's reserve side, and spent last season on loan at Andorra in Spain's second tier, where he registered six goals and four assists across 40 matches (BBC Sport).
For Rangers, Kim would become the 12th signing of a busy summer transfer window. The Glasgow club has already brought in 11 players as it rebuilds under its current management, and the recruitment team is confident the Kim deal will cross the line shortly (BBC Sport).
What makes the move stand out is the pathway. Kim has been knocking on the door of first-team football for several years — productive at reserve level, then tested in the professional grind of Spain's second division. A release clause, in effect, lets the player choose his next step regardless of whether his current club wants to sell. Girona's relegation simply opened the door wider.
Rangers fans will be curious to see how a player who has spent much of his career on the fringes in Spain adapts to the intensity of the Scottish Premiership, where the physical demands and the pressure of playing for one of the country's two dominant clubs leave little room for a slow start.
The medical on Monday, if passed without complication, should clear the final hurdle. Rangers expect to announce the signing soon after.
