{"id":54525,"date":"2025-08-02T08:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/54525\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T08:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:15:04","slug":"son-heung-min-announces-he-is-leaving-tottenham-this-summer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/54525\/","title":{"rendered":"Son Heung-min announces he is leaving Tottenham this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Captain Son Heung-min<\/a> announced on Saturday that he will be leaving Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At a news conference in Seoul, Son said his decision to leave the Premier League<\/a> club was the most difficult of his career, adding that Tottenham, where he has spent the past decade, supports him as he looks to move on.<\/p>\n

“It was one of the toughest decisions I ever made. But I think it’s the right time to make this decision. I hope that everybody understands my decision and that everyone respects that,” the South Korea<\/a> star said.<\/p>\n

“I came to North London as a kid, 23 years old, very young age, a young boy came to London who even didn’t speak English and leaving this club as a grown man is a very, very proud moment.”<\/p>\n

Son Heung-min announced he will end his 10-year Premier League career this summer.\u00a0AP Photo\/Ahn Young-joon<\/p>\n

Sources told ESPN’s James Olley last week<\/a> that LAFC<\/a> is interested in signing Son, who has a deal with the Spurs until 2026.<\/p>\n

Son was asked in Korean on his future playing plans, and he replied: ‘I don’t think I have an answer yet.”<\/p>\n

New Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank confirmed Son will start and be captain in Sunday’s friendly with Newcastle<\/a> at Seoul’s World Cup Stadium.<\/p>\n

It could be Son’s final appearance for Spurs, despite the UEFA Super Cup fixture with Paris St Germain in Udine on the horizon on Aug. 13.<\/p>\n

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“It’s 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,” Frank said.<\/p>\n

Tottenham’s Europa League final win over Manchester United<\/a> gave Son the opportunity to lift his only trophy for the club after becoming only the seventh player to reach 450 appearances for Spurs — with 198 Premier League goal contributions — since his move from Bayer Leverkusen<\/a> in 2015 for \u00a322 million ($29.8m).<\/p>\n

“Winning the Europa League made me feel I had achieved everything I could here. I need a new environment for a fresh challenge,” Son added.<\/p>\n

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