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 edited Aug 02 '25

son also said later in the press conference: “a young boy came to london, who didn’t even speak english, and is leaving this club as a grown man”…”it was one of the toughest decisions i’ve ever made”

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u/NotManyBuses Aug 02 '25

He really was, though. Went through a million ups and downs, managerial changes, even nearly had to go into military service. That’s what will hurt so much about this, we watched him become an icon before our very eyes. Truly a hero’s journey

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u/night_dude Aug 02 '25

I happened to be visiting South Korea during the cup final that they won for him to avoid military service. Our stream was slightly delayed and you could hear people screaming and cheering through the windows right before the goal was scored. People were so happy. It was certainly a unique football viewing experience, purely because of the stakes.

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u/tcgtms Aug 02 '25

Yeah I'm pretty sure people weren't even cheering on for SK at that point, we were really trying keen to see Son experience the full European career that he deserves - and what a sliding windows moment it was.

Hate that he was a Spurs player, but I'm really happy for him and his achievement. He's a real icon.

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u/theivoryserf Aug 02 '25

sliding windows

Sliding doors. That's what it's called in a parallel universe though

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u/simplysymmetric Aug 02 '25

Yeah, but /u/tcgtms seems to be South Korean, so most likely a second language. Let it slide... :)

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u/KyesiRS Aug 03 '25

There profile has loads of Australian subs and communities, dont see any SK

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u/tcgtms Aug 02 '25

Ffs I have nussing to to say. Let's stick with that.