'Sony, happy birthday!' A congratulatory relay for the returning captain...Madison praises 'Best Man'
Jul 09, 2024
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Tottenham celebrated Son Heung-min's birthday through the club's SNS on the 8th (Korea time). Son, who was born on July 8, turned 32 on the day. Tottenham even made a special tribute video with the phrase "'ALEGEND IS BORN'. In addition, Tottenham also released a video titled 「Tottenham captain」 that shows Son Heung-min's appearance as if he is moving by connecting it with a picture.
There was also a special event. Tottenham also produced a video of leaving a birthday message for Son Heung-min to players entering the training ground. Starting with vice-captain James Maddison, many Tottenham players, including Hishalisson, Fraser Forster, Timo Werner, Pedro Porro, Emerson Royal, Yves Bissouma, Pape Sarr and Sergio Reguilon, left birthday messages for Son Heung-min on camera. In the video, Son Heung-min opened the balloon himself in the box to check after his teammates' congratulations, and did not forget to thank him for the congratulatory message.
Since then, colleagues have sent congratulatory messages to Son Heul-min through personal SNS. Madison is a representative. Madison, who left Leicester City last summer in a Tottenham uniform, became vice-captain along with defender Christian Romero and assisted captain Son Heung-min. Madison showed off his perfect chemistry with Son Heung-min. Every time Son Heung-min moved, Madison stabbed a sharp pass, and outside the ground, he put his head together to lead Tottenham well. The two shared their unique ceremonies, 'Click Ceremony' and 'Dart Ceremony'.
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Son Heung-min will start preparing for the new season in earnest. Son Heung-min, who finished the 2023-2024 season after the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North Korea-China World Cup, took a break in Korea for about six weeks and played various schedules. Son Heung-min left for London on July 7. Son Heung-min plans to join Tottenham and improve his physical condition in earnest.
Son Heung-min had a busy schedule in Korea. On the 5th, he appeared at a soccer field in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, and played against a team of ordinary people. More than 2,000 people gathered to see him, and the police were dispatched.
On the 6th, he appeared at an event to commemorate the release of F50 soccer shoes by his sponsor Adidas. Son Heung-min once again summarized the 'Walkle debate' here. Son Heung-min said, `The world class should not be controversial. The argument itself is because I'm not a world class." When asked to choose what he wants to achieve the most among 'Tottenham's league win', 'Tottenham's European Champions League win', and 'Korea's World Cup semifinal re-enactment', 'All sports are about remembering WINNER and WINNER being left behind. I really want to try the 4th round of the World Cup, but I always want to be WINNER. I'll choose to win"If it was a World Cup victory, I would have chosen the World Cup. Of course, I really want to advance to the World Cup semifinals."
Son Heung-min has a visit to Korea this summer, but has returned to the UK for now. Tottenham will play six friendly matches this summer. Tottenham will move to East Asia after facing Hearts (Scotland) on the 18th and Queens Park Rangers (QPR, England) on the 20th. On the 27th, he will return to Korea after a friendly match with last year's J-League champion Vissel Kobe at the Tokyo National Stadium. After two years, I'm going to play 'Coupang Play Series'. Son Heung-min and Tottenham will play the first game against 'Team K League' at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 31st of this month. At 8 p.m. on August 3, he will face Bayern Munich, where Kim Min-jae, the core of South Korean soccer defense, plays at the same stadium. After the Asian tour, Tottenham will play its second friendly match against Bayern again in England on the 11th of that month. Tottenham, which concludes its pre-season friendly schedule with this game, will immediately begin preparing for the opening of the 2024-2025 season.
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Tottenham begin the new season with their first game against Leicester City on August 20. Son Heung-min scored 17 goals and 10 assists last season, making it his third 10-10 entry in the English Premier League (EPL). Son Heung-min has risen to the ranks of EPL legends in name and reality. Shouldered Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Eric Cantona, Wayne Rooney and Mohamed Salah. "Only six players, including Son Heung-min, have scored 10 goals and 10 assists on the EPL stage more than three times," said Squaka, a statistics company. "Sonny (Son Heung-min) is on the legendary list." Rooney had the most number of 10-10, followed by Cantona and Lampard with four. Drogba and Salah recorded a total of three times.
As Harry Kane left for Bayern, Son Heung-min, who wore not only the main gun but also the captain's armband, shook off public concerns and proved it again. Son Heung-min is undoubtedly Tottenham's best player. After the season, various media raised their thumbs. Score 90 selected and announced the top five players for each position. Son Heung-min proudly ranked third in the left winger category. He was named the third after Vinicius Junior, who led Real Madrid to the European Champions League, and Kylian Mbappe, the world's best player who recently confirmed his trip to Real Madrid.
He was then proudly listed in the top 10 in the list of the top 30 strikers in 2024 selected and announced by global sports media 'ESPN'. Son Heung-min beat out Cristiano Ronaldo and Roberto Lewandowski, the standard of striker. ESPN said, `Son Heung-min can use both feet well and has an impressive finishing ability. 'One of the five English Premier Leaguers who scored 17 goals and 10 assists in the 2023-2024 season, with 10-10 or more.' Then 'Son Heung-min was the same even with a new coach in a new style. Son Heung-min, one of the EPL's most consistently successful players and top goalscorers, praised him for having averaged 15.6 goals and 8.4 assists in the EPL over the past five seasons. Son Heung-min is trying to advance to the European Champions League in the new season.
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
