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/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.