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'King of London' Son Heung-min (LAFC) returns to Tottenham.
Tottenham will return to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time after Son Heung-min left the team to say goodbye to his home fans in the 2025-2026 European Champions League (UCL) League phase match against Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) on the 3rd (Korea time). Son Heung-min, who played in Major League Soccer (MLS), chose to play against Slavia Prague as an opportunity to say goodbye to Tottenham fans. He will appear before kick-off. You will have the opportunity to speak directly to your fans who have cherished you over the past decade. This will be a touching moment. Working with a fan advisory committee, we began working on the street mural. Son Heung-min's legacy at Tottenham is further celebrated. The design of the mural was chosen by Son Heung-min himself.'
Son Heung-min wore Tottenham's uniform through the transfer window in the summer of 2015. He has been named one of Tottenham's best players for 10 years. He scored 173 goals in 454 games for Tottenham. He scored the fifth-most goals in the club's history. In addition, he scored '1st goal' in his first official match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April 2019. In 2020, he won the FIFA Puskas Award with a fantastic score against Burnley. In the 2021-2022 season, he scored 23 goals in the English Premier League (EPL) and became the top scorer. All of this was the first history written by an Asian player. Above all, he led the team as captain. He won the Europa League (UEL) title in 2024-2025 season. He became one of the 13 captains who lifted Tottenham's main trophy.
Son Heung-min, who announced his return to London, announced the difficult decision to leave Tottenham in the summer. It was Korea then. Didn't get the right opportunity to say goodbye to fans on the field. Now back in London, I can tell Tottenham fans firsthand how much their support and love for 10 years meant to me and my family. I'm really glad. It can be touching. This is important for me and the team."
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British media BBC reported on the 4th that Son Heung-min will return to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time since joining LA FC. He will say goodbye to his home fans. Son Heung-min announced his separation from the team during the club's off-season tour of Korea. He made headlines by saying, 'I played the last game in front of a packed audience at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.
Meanwhile, Son Heung-min shook the MLS stage after moving to LA FC. He left nine goals and three assists in the regular league. He contributed three goals and one assist in three games in the playoffs. He finished his short MLS first season with 12 goals and 4 assists in 13 games.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
