Tottenham Hotspur have found a new captain ahead of the 2023/24 season. Harry Kane, who was also a symbol of Tottenham, left for Bayern Munich. 토토사이트 Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is expected to move. At the same time, we needed someone to lead the team internally.
Tottenham’s new captain is Son Heung-min. Tottenham manager Postecoglou said, Son Heung-min has great leadership on and off the field. Ideal as our new argument. Everyone knows Son Heung-min is a world-class player. He is respected beyond the group within the team, he said about the appointment of Son Heung-min as captain.
The British media were also surprised. At the same time, he acknowledged Son Heung-min. England’s Football London said, The appointment of captain Son Heung-min surprised Tottenham people. However, Son Heung-min proved that coach Postecoglou’s choice was right. Tottenham made a good choice to give Son Heung-min the captain’s armband with Lloris and Kane gone,’ he said.
Son Heung-min is also the captain of the Korean national soccer team. He also said he is currently Tottenham’s longest first-team player and the hottest star in the club, but added, In fact, I was wondering about Son Heung-min’s appointment as captain within Tottenham.
The reason was leadership. The media said, It is because Son Heung-min is a respected player in the club, but not many people saw him as a Tottenham leader. Son Heung-min explained, Even though he is one of the team’s elders, the 31-year-old has not been part of Tottenham’s leader group.
Being well positioned in the team and influencing in the locker room are slightly different. Football London included Loris, Kane, Eric Dyer and Pierre-Emil Hoivier in the leader group. So when Son Heung-min was appointed captain, there was a surprise inside and outside the club,’ he said.
Football London also highlighted Son Heung-min’s post-match behavior. The media said, After the last whistle, Son Heung-min visited all his teammates on the field and hugged them.” I had a few words with all the team members. He emphasized Son Heung-min’s leadership, saying, I left a deep impression inside the club through daily interactions with the team.
It was unimaginable in the early days of joining Tottenham. In 2015, Son Heung-min moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Tottenham. The transfer process was not smooth. After many twists and turns, he wore a Tottenham uniform. Tottenham spent 30 million euros about 40.8 billion won for Son Heung-min’s transfer at the time.
In the first season of joining the team, his performance was minimal. He scored eight goals and six assists in 40 games. The overall performance was not good. Son Heung-min also struggled to adapt and sought a transfer. The transfer to Wolfsburg in the German VFL is close.
Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham manager at the time, caught Son Heung-min. The following year, my skills came out. He scored 21 goals and 7 assists in 47 games. He was the first Asian player to score double-digit points in the English Premier League EPL. It also surpassed the record of Korean soccer legend Cha Bum-keun’s most goals 19 goals in the four major European leagues.
Since then, Son Heung-min’s performance has continued. He scored 18 goals and 11 assists in 53 games in the 2017/18 season and 20 goals and 10 assists in 48 games in the 2018/19 season. In particular, in the 2018/19 season, Tottenham made a great contribution to advancing to the final of the final for the first time.
Son Heung-min’s performance continued. He was named PFA team of the year for the 2020/21 season. He also received the 2020 FIFA Puskas Award, which is given to the player who scored the best goal. In the 2021/22 season, he scored 23 goals in the EPL, becoming the first Asian player in league history. At the same time, he was also nominated for EPL Player of the Year. He was also named Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year.
It was a bit sluggish last season. The performance was not good. The public claimed that the aging curve decreasing skills due to aging has come. The reason for Son Heung-min’s slump was his sports hernia. Son Heung-min said, It affected everything, including turns, running, and shooting. I went to the stadium excitedly because I didn’t feel pain when I walked, but I was frustrated as soon as I stood on the ground to warm up. All the movements were painful, he explained.
After the end of last season, Son Heung-min immediately underwent hernia surgery. He is the second Korean to be named captain of the EPL after Park Ji-sung. This season is a new start as I became a captain. Son Heung-min said, It’s a special moment. It is a lifelong honor to be appointed captain of the club. I will do everything I can to make everyone proud, he said.
