Tottenham<\/a> manager, Thomas Frank.<\/p>\n\u201cI need a new environment to push myself. I need a little bit of change \u2013 10 years is a long time. I came to north London as a kid, 23 years old, such a young age. I leave this club as a grown man, a very proud man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking in Korean, Son said that winning a European trophy \u2013 Tottenham\u2019s first European crown in 41 years \u2013 played \u201ca big part\u201d in his thinking. \u201cWinning a title in Europe felt like I had achieved everything I possibly could,\u201d he said. \u201cI spent a lot of time reflecting on whether I wanted to experience football in a different environment, and I had those conversations with myself over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frank, who joined Spurs from Brentford this summer, paid tribute to Son. \u201cFor me, personally, I would have loved to have worked with this fantastic person and player,\u201d said the Dane, who took over from the sacked Ange Postecoglou.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is a true Spurs legend in every aspect, one of the greatest players to play in the Premier League. It is never easy to find the perfect timing and me coming in from the side, it makes it a bit easier to end on a high.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spurs will face Newcastle on Sunday in Seoul, and Son is guaranteed a rapturous reception in front of his home fans. It could be Son\u2019s final appearance for Spurs, despite the Uefa Super Cup fixture with Paris Saint-Germain in Udine on 13 August.<\/p>\n
Frank said: \u201cIt\u2019s very clear that Sonny will start and lead the team out as captain. If that is the last game for Sonny, what a place to do it here in front of his home fans. It could be a beautiful ending.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tottenham captain Son Heung-min has revealed he intends to leave the club this summer after a decade…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-39571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}