Son Heung Min - signed

Soulchan said:

I'm a sub-manager of the biggest fan forum in Korea.We have 9k members now.

It's been quite busy days for me and it will be. Now, Tottenham became 'Our Club' in Korea. They all wish spurs and son to go to Champions League. When you visit Korean type of Google, it's all about Spurs and Son.

You guys will get hell of a lot new Korean Spurs fans. Many of Spurs fans before started to support the club since Young-Pyo Lee period. And it'll increase tremendously. Since PL got much more popular, and Son is much popular than YP Lee was.

Plz welcome Korean fans guys.

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Spurger King said:

Have to wonder how much of that is down to the manager. Hopefully Son will be encouraged to be direct.

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bomberH said:

I'm sure this would've been posted beforehand but for those who hsven't seen it, these 5 goals show how good he is with both feet. He can really hit a ball with both.

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Jamturk said:

Flip side of this, is that it isn't a Poch/Mitchell signing. (again)

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THFCSPURS19 said:

http://www.thetottenhamway.com/2015...ung-min-son-with-a-leading-german-journalist/

‘He’s a megastar…a huge draw’: A Q&A on Heung-Min Son with a leading German journalist

I asked a German football writer, with a particular focus on HSV, about Spurs’ new signing.

Heung-Min Son became Spurs’ third most expensive signing of all time after arriving from Bayer Leverkusen in an £18m deal but you’d be forgiven for not knowing a great deal about the 23-year-old South Korea international, who has spent his entire career in Germany.

Luckily, Hamburg-based football writer Dan Busch (follow him on the Twitter!) was on hand to answer my questions about Son’s history, personality, talents and huge draw in his homeland.

How would you summarise Son’s time in Germany?

Son arrived in Hamburg in 2008 at the age of 16, due to a cooperation between HSV and the South Korean FA. His father has a football school near Seoul, where he learned to play. He came to Germany alone without speaking any German and lived in the youth facilities at the club. Through hard work and his positive mindset, he quickly adapted. When he was 18, he made his full debut for HSV, signed his first professional contract and immediately played a good role. Sadly he broke his foot and was out for some time, but hard work again brought him back quicker than expected.

At the end of his time at HSV, he scored 20 goals in 78 competitive games.

In 2013 he left HSV for Bayer Leverkusen to play in Europe and continue his development. He scored 29 goals in 87 competitive games there.

Son has previously said he felt ‘very much at home’ at Leverkusen and didn’t fancy the Premier League. What do you think has changed?

At HSV he always said that he dreamed of playing in the Premier League one day, because of the recognition it gets in his home country. Money might play an important factor as well though. Maybe he spoke highly of Leverkusen lately, because of LG being their shirt sponsor through him and obligations to present the club in South Korea.

Which position(s) is Son most comfortable in?

He started as a centre-forward at HSV, but often drifted wide. He is quite versatile and helped out on both wings and as a second striker as well. At Leverkusen, he quickly found his place on the left wing, where he started most of the time, sometimes switching to the right side during games.

RELATED: VIDEO: All 49 of Heung-Min Son’s goals in Germany

What are his strengths?

Son has very good pace and is two-footed. He does not have a weak foot and can shoot from range with both of them. He is also very intelligent and a great professional, who always works hard. His movement in different systems is strong and he is very direct.

What are his weaknesses?

As a centre-forward, he lacks a bit of physique, despite his height of 1.84m. His directness can also become a weakness from time to time, when he tries to hard and runs his head against the wall. Son needs to improve his consistency.

What is Son’s ceiling?

I guess we will find out in the next few years. At Leverkusen, he probably reached his limit for now. He needs to become more consistent, although he can always be a game changer with his pace, dribblings and long shots.

Of Spurs current players, how would you say he differs from, say, Nacer Chadli and Christian Eriksen?

Son is more direct than Chadli and probably quicker. It’s hard to compare him to Eriksen, who is a completely different player and should move to a central role in midfield permanently in my opinion.

How would you describe his personality / character?

As stated above, he is very hard working, humble and focussed on football.

There’s been some talk Son may have to return to Korea soon to complete his military service. Have you heard anything about this?

It has been a topic at HSV for some time, but there is no recent news in Germany on this. South Korean footballers sometimes get exempt from military service, when they reach something with their national team. Ja-Cheol Koo for example won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and did not have to complete his military service. Spurs will most likely have checked that issue before paying such a huge amount of money for him.

Who would you say has got a better deal, Spurs with Son or Liverpool with Firmino?

Time will tell, but I would not compare these two too much. Firmino has excellent play-making abilities and is strong as a number 10. Son is more of a direct threat from the wings.

Is there anything else we should know?

It is important to know, that Son is a megastar and a huge marketing draw in South Korea. HSV and Leverkusen both got several sponsorships worth millions of Euros through him. He is a face of electronic giants LG for example, who then decided to become Leverkusen’s shirt sponsor. Marketing-wise, the huge fee Spurs paid for him could be well invested and repay huge in the future.

Many thanks to Dan for taking the time to answer my questions (and to you for reading this far).

Also, here is the aforementioned video with all his Bundesliga goals:

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THFCSPURS19 said:

http://www.thetottenhamway.com/2015...ung-min-son-with-a-leading-german-journalist/

‘He’s a megastar…a huge draw’: A Q&A on Heung-Min Son with a leading German journalist

I asked a German football writer, with a particular focus on HSV, about Spurs’ new signing.

Heung-Min Son became Spurs’ third most expensive signing of all time after arriving from Bayer Leverkusen in an £18m deal but you’d be forgiven for not knowing a great deal about the 23-year-old South Korea international, who has spent his entire career in Germany.

Luckily, Hamburg-based football writer Dan Busch (follow him on the Twitter!) was on hand to answer my questions about Son’s history, personality, talents and huge draw in his homeland.

How would you summarise Son’s time in Germany?

Son arrived in Hamburg in 2008 at the age of 16, due to a cooperation between HSV and the South Korean FA. His father has a football school near Seoul, where he learned to play. He came to Germany alone without speaking any German and lived in the youth facilities at the club. Through hard work and his positive mindset, he quickly adapted. When he was 18, he made his full debut for HSV, signed his first professional contract and immediately played a good role. Sadly he broke his foot and was out for some time, but hard work again brought him back quicker than expected.

At the end of his time at HSV, he scored 20 goals in 78 competitive games.

In 2013 he left HSV for Bayer Leverkusen to play in Europe and continue his development. He scored 29 goals in 87 competitive games there.

Son has previously said he felt ‘very much at home’ at Leverkusen and didn’t fancy the Premier League. What do you think has changed?

At HSV he always said that he dreamed of playing in the Premier League one day, because of the recognition it gets in his home country. Money might play an important factor as well though. Maybe he spoke highly of Leverkusen lately, because of LG being their shirt sponsor through him and obligations to present the club in South Korea.

Which position(s) is Son most comfortable in?

He started as a centre-forward at HSV, but often drifted wide. He is quite versatile and helped out on both wings and as a second striker as well. At Leverkusen, he quickly found his place on the left wing, where he started most of the time, sometimes switching to the right side during games.

RELATED: VIDEO: All 49 of Heung-Min Son’s goals in Germany

What are his strengths?

Son has very good pace and is two-footed. He does not have a weak foot and can shoot from range with both of them. He is also very intelligent and a great professional, who always works hard. His movement in different systems is strong and he is very direct.

What are his weaknesses?

As a centre-forward, he lacks a bit of physique, despite his height of 1.84m. His directness can also become a weakness from time to time, when he tries to hard and runs his head against the wall. Son needs to improve his consistency.

What is Son’s ceiling?

I guess we will find out in the next few years. At Leverkusen, he probably reached his limit for now. He needs to become more consistent, although he can always be a game changer with his pace, dribblings and long shots.

Of Spurs current players, how would you say he differs from, say, Nacer Chadli and Christian Eriksen?

Son is more direct than Chadli and probably quicker. It’s hard to compare him to Eriksen, who is a completely different player and should move to a central role in midfield permanently in my opinion.

How would you describe his personality / character?

As stated above, he is very hard working, humble and focussed on football.

There’s been some talk Son may have to return to Korea soon to complete his military service. Have you heard anything about this?

It has been a topic at HSV for some time, but there is no recent news in Germany on this. South Korean footballers sometimes get exempt from military service, when they reach something with their national team. Ja-Cheol Koo for example won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and did not have to complete his military service. Spurs will most likely have checked that issue before paying such a huge amount of money for him.

Who would you say has got a better deal, Spurs with Son or Liverpool with Firmino?

Time will tell, but I would not compare these two too much. Firmino has excellent play-making abilities and is strong as a number 10. Son is more of a direct threat from the wings.

Is there anything else we should know?

It is important to know, that Son is a megastar and a huge marketing draw in South Korea. HSV and Leverkusen both got several sponsorships worth millions of Euros through him. He is a face of electronic giants LG for example, who then decided to become Leverkusen’s shirt sponsor. Marketing-wise, the huge fee Spurs paid for him could be well invested and repay huge in the future.

Many thanks to Dan for taking the time to answer my questions (and to you for reading this far).

Also, here is the aforementioned video with all his Bundesliga goals:

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THFCSPURS19 said:

http://www.thetottenhamway.com/2015...ung-min-son-with-a-leading-german-journalist/

‘He’s a megastar…a huge draw’: A Q&A on Heung-Min Son with a leading German journalist

I asked a German football writer, with a particular focus on HSV, about Spurs’ new signing.

Heung-Min Son became Spurs’ third most expensive signing of all time after arriving from Bayer Leverkusen in an £18m deal but you’d be forgiven for not knowing a great deal about the 23-year-old South Korea international, who has spent his entire career in Germany.

Luckily, Hamburg-based football writer Dan Busch (follow him on the Twitter!) was on hand to answer my questions about Son’s history, personality, talents and huge draw in his homeland.

How would you summarise Son’s time in Germany?

Son arrived in Hamburg in 2008 at the age of 16, due to a cooperation between HSV and the South Korean FA. His father has a football school near Seoul, where he learned to play. He came to Germany alone without speaking any German and lived in the youth facilities at the club. Through hard work and his positive mindset, he quickly adapted. When he was 18, he made his full debut for HSV, signed his first professional contract and immediately played a good role. Sadly he broke his foot and was out for some time, but hard work again brought him back quicker than expected.

At the end of his time at HSV, he scored 20 goals in 78 competitive games.

In 2013 he left HSV for Bayer Leverkusen to play in Europe and continue his development. He scored 29 goals in 87 competitive games there.

Son has previously said he felt ‘very much at home’ at Leverkusen and didn’t fancy the Premier League. What do you think has changed?

At HSV he always said that he dreamed of playing in the Premier League one day, because of the recognition it gets in his home country. Money might play an important factor as well though. Maybe he spoke highly of Leverkusen lately, because of LG being their shirt sponsor through him and obligations to present the club in South Korea.

Which position(s) is Son most comfortable in?

He started as a centre-forward at HSV, but often drifted wide. He is quite versatile and helped out on both wings and as a second striker as well. At Leverkusen, he quickly found his place on the left wing, where he started most of the time, sometimes switching to the right side during games.

RELATED: VIDEO: All 49 of Heung-Min Son’s goals in Germany

What are his strengths?

Son has very good pace and is two-footed. He does not have a weak foot and can shoot from range with both of them. He is also very intelligent and a great professional, who always works hard. His movement in different systems is strong and he is very direct.

What are his weaknesses?

As a centre-forward, he lacks a bit of physique, despite his height of 1.84m. His directness can also become a weakness from time to time, when he tries to hard and runs his head against the wall. Son needs to improve his consistency.

What is Son’s ceiling?

I guess we will find out in the next few years. At Leverkusen, he probably reached his limit for now. He needs to become more consistent, although he can always be a game changer with his pace, dribblings and long shots.

Of Spurs current players, how would you say he differs from, say, Nacer Chadli and Christian Eriksen?

Son is more direct than Chadli and probably quicker. It’s hard to compare him to Eriksen, who is a completely different player and should move to a central role in midfield permanently in my opinion.

How would you describe his personality / character?

As stated above, he is very hard working, humble and focussed on football.

There’s been some talk Son may have to return to Korea soon to complete his military service. Have you heard anything about this?

It has been a topic at HSV for some time, but there is no recent news in Germany on this. South Korean footballers sometimes get exempt from military service, when they reach something with their national team. Ja-Cheol Koo for example won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and did not have to complete his military service. Spurs will most likely have checked that issue before paying such a huge amount of money for him.

Who would you say has got a better deal, Spurs with Son or Liverpool with Firmino?

Time will tell, but I would not compare these two too much. Firmino has excellent play-making abilities and is strong as a number 10. Son is more of a direct threat from the wings.

Is there anything else we should know?

It is important to know, that Son is a megastar and a huge marketing draw in South Korea. HSV and Leverkusen both got several sponsorships worth millions of Euros through him. He is a face of electronic giants LG for example, who then decided to become Leverkusen’s shirt sponsor. Marketing-wise, the huge fee Spurs paid for him could be well invested and repay huge in the future.

Many thanks to Dan for taking the time to answer my questions (and to you for reading this far).

Also, here is the aforementioned video with all his Bundesliga goals:

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nssmuckers said:

Honestly, this is a wonderful signing. He's a bit inconsistent but he's exactly what we needed. I remember posting about a month ago we need to be looking at more realistic options in the mould of HMS...didn't think we remotely had a chance of getting him. Was pretty surprised when this materialized so fast.

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hodsgod said:

To be fair I really don't remember Brad letting us down at all during that period.

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amathews3416 said:

What I like most about this kid is his attitude. I don't think I've seen a video of him where he doesn't have a big old grin on his face. Seems to really love playing the game and will be a great teammate.

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