South Korea’s football star Heung-Min Son leaves the English first division club Tottenham Hotspur after ten years and changes to the MLS. The Los Angeles FC had agreed on a contract with the 33 -year -old offensive player, the news agency “AP” reported. LA is said to pay more than $ 20 million than a transfer.
Son followed the game of his new club in the Leagues Cup against Tigres on Tuesday evening in the stands and was shown on the video screen in the first half. He was welcomed with a lettering. It is to be officially presented on Wednesday.
Emotional farewell to Tottenham
Last week, the former Bundesliga professional in Seoul announced the end of his time at Tottenham and described this as “one of the most difficult decisions in my career”. The captain was prepared for an emotional farewell: in a friendly against Newcastle, both teams formed a alley for Son, which left the field during tears and the cheers of almost 65,000 fans.
Son moved from Bayer Leverkusen to London in summer 2015 and played 333 games for the Spurs in the Premier League, in which he scored 127 goals. At the end of May he won the Europa League with the team. For Tottenham it was the first title win in 17 years.
In the MLS, Son meets Marco Reus, who plays at the city rival Los Angeles Galaxy. In addition, Thomas Müller also faces the Vanocver Whitecaps before moving to the North American professional league.