Last season, Bayern Munich was collectively not good enough under Thomas Tuchel even though they came very close to reaching the Champions League final at Wembley. While there were certainly a handful of players that still had decent individual seasons, on the other end of the spectrum, there were far too many players that did not live up to their expectations, contributing to what was the club's first season without silverware in over a decade.
With the €50 million price tag last summer when Kim joined from SSC Napoli just after helping them secure their first Scudetto in 30 years, the expectations of Kim were very high, but he now has a fresh chance to rectify himself under Vincent Kompany. As things are looking now in preseason, he is reportedly already well working towards that.
Per information from Tz's Philipp Kessler (via @iMiaSanMia), Kim is already impressing Bayern's bosses in preseason preparations thus far and they feel 'the hungry defensive monster is back.' He was dubbed 'the monster' last season for Bayern after some positive performance towards the beginning of the season.
After last season, Kim is determined and committed to having a strong season under Kompany and is ready to fight for his starting spot. It is still not 100% whether or not Matthij
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