"He´s back!" Son Heung-min joins Tottenham's training on his 'birthday'Thumbs+Smile' Captain's emotional comeback
Jul 08, 2024
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'Captain' Son Heung-min joined Tottenham training on his 32nd birthday ahead of the 2024-2025 season. Tottenham said on its official SNS on the 8th (Korea time) that 'He's backAlong with the explanation, ' released a picture of Son Heung-min entering the training ground with his thumb raised and smiling.
Son Heung-min departed for London on July 7. He returned to Korea on May 23 and spent about six weeks in the country until the previous day. The proper rest came after the final match of the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup against China on the 11th of last month.
Son Heung-min was appointed captain of Tottenham last season. He also scored 17 goals and 10 assists to lead Tottenham to fifth place in the English Premier League (EPL).
Son Heung-min, who is starting to build his body in earnest, is waiting for six pre-season friendly matches. Tottenham will play their first pre-season game against Hearts in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 18th. On the 20th, in London, England, the Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Have a warm-up match.
And I'm going on an East Asian tour. Tottenham will enter South Korea on the 27th after a friendly match with last year's J-League champion Vissel Kobe at Tokyo National Stadium.
Tottenham will play the first game against Team K League at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 31st as a match against the Kufang Play Series. At 8 p.m. on August 3, they will face Bayern Munich, where Kim Min-jae and Harry Kane are located.
Tottenham will play their second friendly match against Bayern Munich in London on the 11th after their Asian tour. The 2024-2025 season EPL will open on August 17. Tottenham will face Leicester City for the first time on the 20th, three days later.
Son never stopped training even in Korea. On the night of the 5th, he played against a soccer team composed of ordinary people at Suji Sports Park in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, and adjusted his condition. However, Son's surprise appearance quickly spread through the local community. More than 2,000 residents were gathered, and police and firefighting personnel were deployed for fear of safety accidents.
Son Heung-min said on the 6th, "'I went to exercise, but I'm sorry I might have interfered with the other team's training"I went to the team and was constantly training to prepare for the new season in good physical condition", he explained.
Son Heung-min also expressed his opinion on the controversy over 'World Class' during his talk show. Asked if he thinks he is a world class, he said "No" World Class should be uncontested. The argument itself is because I'm not a world class."
And there are so many players who are good at soccer. "(Actually) there is no such debate for a world-class player," he added. Son Heung-min also said, "I remember that during the Hamburg pre-season, I had a good performance and even got the nickname of "Frenaldo" (Pre-season Ronaldo)," adding, "Ronaldo is my favorite player and role model, so I instilled motivation to make a lot of efforts to exclude 'Free'."."
He also cited the time when he was selected as the captain as the most memorable scene last season. Son Heung-min said, `It was an experience I will never do again, and it was before the start of the season, but it was a special moment"The meeting suddenly happened, and I had to make a cold sweat presentation because I couldn't even get a word in advance."," he recalled. "After finishing the presentation in a sweat, the players teased me about why I couldn't stand still and talk," he said with a smile.
Son Heung-min said he is also refining the technical aspects while looking back on the past season. He says "Monitoring is a must. I look back at any goal that I can do better in any scene." When asked what goal he had turned the most, Son Heung-min drew attention by citing the goal against Norwich City in the 2022-2023 season, when he was the top scorer in the EPL.
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