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| Son Heung-min scored a goal against Real Salt Lake on the 18th and performed 'click ceremony' AFP Yonhap News |
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| ' I flew 6,000 miles to see Son Heung-min.' BeIN Sports' likened Son Heung-min to a phenomenon. AFP Yonhap News |
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| Son Heung-min shares the joy of scoring with his teammates. AFP Yonhap News |
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Tottenham Hotspur may regret the transfer of former captain Son Heung-min (33, LA FC), according to the Tottenham newsletter.
On the 19th (local time), HQ, which deals with Tottenham's news, reported that Tottenham should have somehow kept Son Heung-min for another year last summer in an article titled `Son Heung-min makes Tottenham regret.'
Tottenham may regret their decision to say goodbye to Son Heung-min. The Tottenham legend joined LA FC for a transfer fee of $26 million, a record in the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS), with one year left on his contract, adding that the Tottenham fan expected to recruit a world-class alternative winger to replace the huge legend. Players such as Ademola Lukman (Atalanta) and Savinho (Man City) were linked, but in the end, they did not sign an additional winger after signing Mohammed Kudus, bringing in striker Randal Colomuaniman on loan at the closing date of the transfer window.
Then 'Tottenham did not replace him with a player of the same position after leaving the team's most contributing offensive player and captain in the 2024-2025 season. Although it is MLS (non-European), it may have opened a new era under Thomas Frank given that he is showing so well at LAFC.
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| Son Heung-min opened his arms to Deene Vuanga, who helped him with a hat trick against Salt Lake. AFP Yonhap News |
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The report comes after Son Heung-min scored his first hat trick since advancing to the U.S. in an MLS match against Real Salt Lake on the 19th. Son Heung-min has extended his MLS scoring record to five goals (six games) with two consecutive goals. Hotspur HQ introduced Son Heung-min as the most influential player in the United States along with Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), who plays in the same league.
Introducing that Son Heung-min has an average key pass of 2.7 and an average dribble success and a total of 3.0 FIFA fouls in MLS, Hotspur HQ' will be the most efficient left winger in the team even if Tottenham only writes that half of the record.' Tottenham is currently putting Xavi Simmons, the No. 10 type, into the position in place of the new left winger. He has rarely played as a left winger. This is a stumbling block to his best performance.'
Finally, if Tottenham had left Son Heung-min, it would have benefited from his presence and experience. Son Heung-min was sluggish in the 2024-2025 season because of the incompetent tactics of coach Engie Postecoglou, who forced Son to play on the far side of the box. It certainly didn't help that Son Heung-min played with overwork and injury at the end of the season.
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| Tottenham's new No.7 Xavi Simmons (right). REUTERS Yonhap News |
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Meanwhile, sports broadcaster 'BeIN Sports' described Son Heung-min, who entered the U.S. stage, as a 'phenomena' in a report on the 19th.
In an article titled Son Heung-min, who overtook Messi as the most popular player in MLS, he outperformed Messi with his popularity and uniform sales. In just two weeks, uniform No. 7 became the best-selling uniform in the league. LA FC Vice Chairman John Terrington said Son Heung-min's recruitment was five times as influential as Gareth Bale. Son Heung-min's SNS followers doubled, and LAFC-related content views surged by 594% to nearly 34 billion times'
Tiger Supporters Group spokesman Josh Lee described Son as the `most famous Korean in the world' through the media. The Korean community in Los Angeles, which boasts the largest scale outside of Korea, accepts Son as a symbol, says 'BeIN Sports' Son Heung-min's influence compared to LA Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani. All tickets for the BMO Stadium debut against San Diego were sold out, and the ticket price exceeded $200 (about W279,000), double the club's average price.
Son Heung-min aims to score his sixth goal and third in three consecutive games against Salt Lake at his home stadium BMO Stadium on the 22nd.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
