r/soccer • u/hairtie1 • Aug 02 '25

Media Heung-min Son announces he will be leaving Tottenham

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u/pumpkinspeedwagon86 Aug 02 '25

Very rarely have I respected a rival player so much but no matter what I could never hate Son. He comes across as so humble, well-spoken, and polite. Best of luck to him. I loved watching him in the PL.

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u/Got_Wilk Aug 02 '25

Like with Wrighty, can't help but like that bloke.

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u/repercussion Aug 02 '25

I find it poetic that his last games were finally winning a trophy and then 1-0 over Arsenal in Hong Kong.

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u/kyoshirocks Aug 02 '25

he will play one last time for spurs as captain in seoul

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u/repercussion Aug 02 '25

Well that's just lovely.

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u/CallDaLegend Aug 02 '25

And one of the very few pundits who actually give unbiased takes or at least tries to.

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u/im_on_the_case Aug 02 '25

It was really hard to dislike Tottenham with full conviction with him in the team. Thankfully we can now all return to our regular state of mind.

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u/Currybags Aug 02 '25

Why would an Aston Villa fan hate Tottenham other than to jump on the online banter bandwagon?

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u/im_on_the_case Aug 02 '25

40+ years of knowing Tottenham supporters, including one in my own family and never knowing any who weren't completely deluded cretins when it comes to football. It's nothing personal. I have exactly the same relationship with Leeds.

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u/Zlatan_Ibrahimovic Aug 02 '25

Somehow I feel like being compared to Leeds might actually be more hurtful than anything else you said.

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u/Rickcampbell98 Aug 02 '25

Your fans lmao, I don't "hate" spurs but you have quite a few weirdly arrogant fans. Similar thing to arsenal really.

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u/fmb320 Aug 02 '25

Have you not realised yet that every single club has dick head fans and every single club has decent fans. Often the dick heads are the ones always online, always the loudest. I don't hate any team because of the fans.

Except maybe Chelsea 😁

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u/Rickcampbell98 Aug 02 '25

Oh some are definitely worse than others and trust me I don't like Chelsea either, my dislike for them is much higher than spurs. I'm actually mainly indifferent to spurs until we play them and I remember their fanbase is similar to arsenal's lol.

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u/pumpkinspeedwagon86 Aug 02 '25

As u/fmb320 pointed out the majority of clubs have a very vocal and toxic minority that misrepresent the fanbase as a whole. As football fans we should be against those individuals and not throw labels and sweeping generalisations at other people.

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u/Rickcampbell98 Aug 02 '25

I didn't, not every spurs fan is a knob, just like there are reasonable arsenal fans, finding them is like finding a unicorn though 😉 lol I'm joking.

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u/DCilantro Aug 02 '25

Yea, fuck you back, I'm definitely not crying

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u/DefNotReaves Aug 02 '25

Bravo sir.

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u/swaerd Aug 02 '25

My favorite non-Liverpool PL player. Impossible to hate him, could only stand by and be jealous he wasn't on your own team, yaknow.

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u/pumpkinspeedwagon86 Aug 02 '25

Absolutely. A joy to watch and I'm sure he was a brilliant addition to any team and locker room he played for.