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Lee Kang-in will finally join his new club, Atletico Madrid, tomorrow (August 6). Training individually in South Korea while waiting for his teammates to visit the country, Lee expressed his soaring expectations.

Reporter Hong Seok-jun has the details.

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Even after his official joining announcement was released on June 25, Lee Kang-in stayed in Korea to train on his own, and he will finally join his team visiting Korea tomorrow.

Ahead of a new journey in his football career, Lee posted a video on the club's social media to greet fans first.

[Lee Kang-in / Atletico Madrid Midfielder: I am very glad and happy to join this great club. Thinking about meeting the world's best fans, I am eager to start as soon as possible.]

He also personally explained the reason for his delayed joining.

[Lee Kang-in / Atletico Madrid Midfielder: I wanted to join the team as soon as possible, but there were difficulties with departure due to paperwork issues (related to military service).]

Expressing confidence in his adaptation, he shared that he poured out heavy sweat alone to quickly melt into the team.

[Lee Kang-in / Atletico Madrid Midfielder: I have continued high-intensity training over the past few weeks to be in the best shape when I join the team.]

Returning to the Spanish stage where he laid the stepping stone for growth after three years, Lee promoted Korean culture in fluent Spanish.

[Lee Kang-in / Atletico Madrid Midfielder: (Song you keep listening to lately?) K-pop group MEOVV - "MEOW". (Last movie you watched?) "HOPE". (Teach me some Korean.) "Saranghae! Atletico!"]

Drawing on his experience lifting various trophies during his time in Paris, he vowed to continue an "era of glory" in Madrid as well.

[Lee Kang-in / Atletico Madrid Midfielder: I have a winning mentality and competitive spirit, and I always have a huge passion to grow and achieve something. I really want to achieve the goals I have and the goals our entire team has. I am really looking forward to it. Let's go, Atletico!]

(Video Editing: Park Gi-deok, Design: Lee Ga-jin, Video Source: Official Atletico Madrid X)