Son Heung-min, the top target of Liverpool, confessed that he loved SON

Sep 03, 2025

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Son Heung-min could be a Liverpool player.

British Give Me Sports reported on the 29th (Korea time) 'A former support staff member of Coach Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool said Son Heung-min, who became an icon of Tottenham, almost signed a contract before moving to London, England, but decided to sign a player who is the most failed player in the club's history instead of Son Heung-min.'"

The media reported that `Liverpool struggled to return to its previous glory under various coaches, and often did not enjoy glory in the transfer market. If Son Heung-min had been recruited instead of the player who was once recruited for the highest transfer fee in the club's history, the situation might have changed a lot, he added.

Ian Graham, who worked as a director at Liverpool in the past, recently appeared on YouTube man Inblazer and confessed that he almost recruited Son Heung-min. "In the rest of the world, Son Heung-min and Roberto Firmino would have been at the forefront of Liverpool," he said. Firmino and Son Heung-min were the top targets we wanted. But in the end, Son Heung-min transferred to Tottenham, and Christian Benteke was recruited instead."

There is no turning back the past, but Liverpool chose Benteke without recruiting Son Heung-min was one of the worst decisions. At the time, Benteke was one of the rising stars of Aston Villa. Liverpool brought Benteke with the highest transfer fee of 46.5 million euros (about 75.3 billion won), but Benteke was sold in a season without being settled in Liverpool.

It was then head coach Rogers who decided to recruit Benteke instead of Son Heung-min. Graham said " (the two players) were of a different style. That's what the director wanted at the time. I loved Son Heung-min even at Tottenham"He confessed.

Give Me Sport 'Benteke scored just 10 goals in 42 appearances for Liverpool and was sold to Palace in one season. On the other hand, Son Heung-min became one of the greatest wingers in Premier League history after playing for Tottenham for 10 years.

If Son Heung-min moved to Liverpool, not Tottenham, he might have become a better player than now. This is because Liverpool appointed Jurgen Klopp after Rodgers left. Liverpool was revived under Klopp and opened its heyday. Manchester City, led by Pep Guardiola, did not seize the league's supremacy, but was reborn as the best team in Europe.

Even Klopp's Liverpool was the team that defeated Son Heung-min's Tottenham in the 2018-2019 season and won the European Champions League (UCL). Liverpool then won their first historic league title and won many trophies under Klopp. Rogers' decision to recruit Benteke is all the more regrettable because Klopp even says he thinks Son Heung-min is the most disappointed player he couldn't recruit.

Even during Klopp's time, Liverpool considered Son Heung-min as a target. However, Liverpool gave up recruiting Son Heung-min as Tottenham brought the 2022 European Champions League qualification.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.