Son Heung-Min leaves Tottenham Hotspur: South Korea football star

The South Korean football star Son Heung-Min is left Tottenham Hotspur before the start of the Premier League season and ends a ten-year era at the North London club.

Son Heung-Mins Farewell

The announcement of the 33-year-old, of a national hero in South Korea possibly switch to the Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States.

a difficult decision

in Seoul, before a friendly against Newcastle United, Son said: “Before we start the press conference, I wanted to say that I decided to leave the club this summer. The club supports me respectfully in this decision.”

He called it "the most difficult decision I made in my career" and added: "I need a new environment to develop further. A little change is necessary - ten years are a long time."

A look back at his career at Tottenham

"I came to Nordlondon as a young boy at the age of 23. Now I leave this club as an adult man, and I'm very proud of it." Since his change from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015, Son has scored 173 goals in 454 games and has built up an impressive storm tip with the English football legend Harry Kane, which he finally replaced as captain of the club. In the 2021-22 season, he was a top scorer of the Premier League together with Mo Salah from Liverpool, both scored 23 goals.

In May he raised the Europa League Cup after the victory of Spurs against Manchester United in the final.

an icon of South Korean football

As a sporty icon in South Korea, Son