After spending 10 years in Tottenham, 33-year-old South Korean star Sun Hyun-Min is leaving the club.
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Tottenham captain Son Heung-min has announced that he will leave the North London club on Saturday. After spending 10 years at Tottenham, he is about to leave after 33 years. He joined the Premier League side from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015.
Since then, he has scored 173 goals in 454 games for Tottenham. He has 127 goals in 333 games in the Premier League. Only in May, under his captaincy, Tottenham defeated Manchester United and won the Europa League title. Tottenham won the European Championship after 41 years.
However, his performance was not up to his standard last year. In that he was kept out of the field due to a serious leg injury. Tottenham play Newcastle on Sunday in their tour of Asia. He will captain in that, which will be his last game for the team. Son and Harry Kane made history as the most dominant striker duo in Premier League history. These two have scored a total of 47 goals while playing together, including Sun's 24 and Kane's 23.
'Before this press conference, I would like to say that I have reached the decision to leave this club,' said Sun, who is in Seoul for the pre-season with Tottenham, 'The club is respectfully supporting me in this decision.' He is being discussed in the Major League Soccer team Los Angeles FC in America.
"This was the most difficult decision I made in my life, Tottenham has many unforgettable moments, so it was very difficult to make this decision," Sun, who was presented with Tottenham's new manager Thomas Frank, said at the press conference, "I need a new environment to advance myself, I also need to change something." 10 years is a long time. I was like a kid at 23 when I came to this club, it's a very young age. Now I'm leaving as an adult, which I'm proud of.'
Speaking in Korean, Sun said that his thinking had changed a lot after Tottenham's European title tour. "When I won the European competition, I had the experience of achieving all possible success," Sun said, "I spent a lot of time discussing with myself whether I can experience football in a different environment." Son is also the first Asian player to win the Premier League Golden Boot. He was tied with Liverpool's Mohamed Salah for the most goals scored in the 2021–22 season with 23 goals. The following year, he became the first Asian player to score 100 goals in the Premier League. After August 2023, Son replaced Hugo Lloris as the captain of Tottenham. He has also assisted for 71 goals in the Premier League.
Frank, who arrived from Brentford in June, paid tribute to South Korea captain Sun. "Personally speaking, I would be happy to work with such a great personality and player," said Frank, who was brought in after Ange Postecoglou's dismissal, "he is a great Spurs player and one of the best players in the Premier League."
Tottenham have been quiet in the player market this season. The team has made no fuss other than bringing in attacking midfielder Mohamed Kudos from West Ham. The team attempted to sign
Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest for £60m, but collapsed midway through the process.
