{"id":609763,"date":"2026-09-08T16:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/609763\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:14:10","slug":"made-it-big-in-hollywood-son-heung-min-is-money-very-well-spent-for-mls-lafc-as-former-tottenham-star-helps-to-open-up-new-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/609763\/","title":{"rendered":"Made it big in Hollywood! Son Heung-min is \u2018money very well spent\u2019 for MLS &#038; LAFC as former Tottenham star helps to open up new markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is that humble nature which has endeared Son to supporters from Seoul to Los Angeles via Hamburg, Leverkusen and London. He has said of always giving his all to any given cause: \u201cI love the ball. I love the fans, and I love my team-mates. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom falling in love when I was a child, just chasing the ball, kicking the ball, and celebrating with the boys. I think it&#8217;s probably what I love most. When I have stress, I always play football. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m here: I&#8217;m enjoying the sport. Until the end, I think, probably, it&#8217;s the only love that I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Son loves football, and the game loves him back. The many qualities that he has to offer, on and off the pitch, are being fully embraced in the United States and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/inter-miami-star-lionel-messi-mls-top-earner-players-association\/bltf84faa807086ac53\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">his lucrative contract boasts extension options<\/a> that could keep him in his current surroundings through 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is that humble nature which has endeared Son to supporters from Seoul to Los Angeles via Hamburg,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6947,72863,85,46,67919,15025,15346,105],"class_list":["post-609763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-exclusive","tag-h-son","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-los-angeles-fc","tag-major-league-soccer","tag-republic-of-korea","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}