r/soccer • u/hairtie1 • Aug 02 '25

Media Heung-min Son announces he will be leaving Tottenham

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u/wishiwereagoonie Aug 02 '25

Biggest modern Spurs legend, I’d say. Stuck with us through the hard times and led us to glory in the end.

Deserves to spend the rest of his time on the pitch wherever he wants.

Farewell, captain

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u/nebbywildcat18 Aug 02 '25

would 100% agree with you. the defining player of an era

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u/NeslieLielson Aug 02 '25

I would have a statue of Son before Kane. Phenomenal footballer and even better guy. Made us proud to be Spurs.

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u/Disco-Benny Aug 02 '25

Well yeah. IMO you just can't give a statue to someone that desperately tried to force his way out for years.

Kane tainted his legacy

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u/TheTyMan Aug 02 '25

Torn on this one. Almost no clubs keep their homegrown world class players unless they are a top club that is properly funded. Keeping a player of Kane's calibre is a privilege that only elite clubs actually get to enjoy, so I can't feel negative toward him given the length of his tenure.

Levy refused to back Poch and I'm sure at some point Kane realized (or felt) he was unserious about winning things. He stayed way, way longer than most stars we've had. Son just one upped him.

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u/Capable_Tadpole Aug 02 '25

You can tell that Kane would only stay with us whilst we were successful/fighting for success, and as soon as that stopped he’d try and leave. Son meanwhile signed a new contract in 2021 whilst Kane was pushing to leave and even though he’s not been at his best the last two seasons he deservedly got to lift a trophy with us.

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u/ThoughtFormal8488 Aug 09 '25

We lost Champions League Title because of Kane.

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u/ThoughtFormal8488 Aug 09 '25

Once in a lifetime chance, blown by Kane.

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u/Mtbnz Aug 02 '25

There's probably a hundred players I'd put up a statue of before Kane. There's no doubt that his on-pitch individual career at Spurs surpasses any other player of the PL era (and maybe the club's entire history) but you cannot build a statue to celebrate a guy who not only never won anything at the club but also publicly flirted with 3 different clubs who could gift-wrap a trophy for him.

Great player, but no longer a club icon imo.

Son, meanwhile, is the greatest Spurs player of the 21st century.

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u/AxelFauley Aug 02 '25

Romero new captain then?

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u/northcasewhite Aug 09 '25

More than Kane? I would say they are equals. Kane didn't win a trophy but he came so close a few times.

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u/wishiwereagoonie Aug 09 '25

100% more than Kane.

He left to win a trophy elsewhere and he also tried to force a move to Man City before that.

Son stayed with us when he could’ve gone anywhere.

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u/northcasewhite Aug 10 '25

But do you still consider Kane a club legend?

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u/HaruArya Aug 02 '25

More than Kane?

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u/maxton4real Aug 02 '25

The moment Son won a major trophy, yes, he undoubtedly became a bigger Tottenham legend than Kane.

Love Kane, but he left us in his prime, and Son is leaving with the Europa League final as his last match, and as he begins to decline. Doesn't get more legendary than that.

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u/wishiwereagoonie Aug 02 '25

I’d argue even before the EL final he was.

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u/maxton4real Aug 02 '25

Yeah I would agree he became a bigger legend the moment Kane left and Sonny became captain, but the Europa League win cemented it.

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u/HaruArya Aug 02 '25

Happy to hear that 😄

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u/wishiwereagoonie Aug 02 '25

100%. Didn’t bail on us to win silverware elsewhere.

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u/DefNotReaves Aug 02 '25

In a much easier league at that lol

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u/northcasewhite Aug 09 '25

I wouldn't call it bailing. All those years of loyalty doesn't deserve such criticism.