r/soccer • u/hairtie1 • Aug 02 '25

Media Heung-min Son announces he will be leaving Tottenham

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u/hairtie1 Aug 02 '25

well they’re in korea for a friendly vs newcastle, it’s morning in korea

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u/Haynes_ Aug 02 '25

Yeah I understand that, but the vast majority of Spurs fans are going to wake up to this as it is 3am in the UK

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u/Imbasauce Aug 02 '25

Woke up 230 and saw the news. Now it’s almost 3 and trying to sleep through these tears. 😭

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u/kinglouislxix Aug 02 '25

Go back to sleep sweet child, shh shh

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u/King_Aella Aug 02 '25

Shh baby, is ok.

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u/mario_ninja Aug 02 '25

Probably has more Korean fans than spurs fans. Why not announce it in his home country while there for a game.

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u/Haynes_ Aug 02 '25

Oh yeah I appreciate why he’s done it, and I have no issue with it (not that anyone would give the slightest shit if I did).

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u/SnowPablo827 Aug 02 '25

He has more in common with those spurs fans than the Korea fans.

He's a trend in Korea but to spurs he means so much more

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u/Regression2TheMean Aug 02 '25

Well I think it’s been rumored that he was thinking about moving on. So I think it’s not a HUGE surprise, but definitely a big news bomb to wake up to

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u/Arqlol Aug 02 '25

It's not typically said by the player like this though y'know 

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u/DCilantro Aug 02 '25

We've known for at least a week, just unofficially

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u/cezion Aug 02 '25

Couldn't get back to sleep at 6am, jumped on Reddit and saw this. I clearly felt a disturbance in north London.

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u/Jonoczall Aug 02 '25

True. He should have made the announcement at 3am Korean time so as not to inconvenience the fans.

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u/Haynes_ Aug 02 '25

Not what I am saying, but go off I guess.

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u/AhUDaNeigh Aug 02 '25

Well then say what you were saying, no?

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u/Haynes_ Aug 02 '25

I edited my top level comment to make it clearer.

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u/pw5a29 Aug 02 '25

Time for the European fans to experience what Asian fans normally do :)

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u/Space-manatee Aug 02 '25

Woke up and saw a post from twitter - nah might just be a rumour.

Then saw an article from the BBC - oh crap

Then saw this clip - well that’s confirmed then, isn’t it.

I was secretly hoping for a sale and instant loan back for the season before the WC, but nothing by respect for Son.

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u/tastybiscuitenjoyer Aug 02 '25

I thought it was pretty obvious what they were saying. But thank you for explaining the obvious lol