Son Heung-min has deal to join Los Angeles from Tottenham Hotspur, reports say
LAFC expected to pay a transfer fee of around US$26 million for the Spurs and South Korea captain, a Major League Soccer record
Son Heung-min, who is leaving Tottenham Hotspur after 10 seasons, has a deal in place to join Los Angeles FC, according to multiple reports.
LAFC will pay a transfer fee of around US$26 million for the Spurs and South Korea captain, GiveMeSport and ESPN reported, which would break the Major League Soccer record of US$22 million that Atlanta United paid to acquire Emmanuel Latte Lath in the last off-season.
Son, 33, announced over the weekend that he planned to leave Tottenham, saying he achieved everything that he could with the North London club and he was interested in a new challenge.
Tottenham faced Newcastle United in a friendly in Seoul on Sunday, which served as Son’s farewell match. He received a standing ovation and a guard of honour and said he had “a huge respect and am very grateful” to his old club.
Son scored 172 goals and added 94 assists in 451 matches for Tottenham across all competitions, with 127 coming in the English Premier League. He helped Spurs win the Europa League in May to collect the first major trophy of his career.