Heung-Min Son Spurs captain, might play in the MLS
Heung-Min Son may or may not be an English Premiership club Tottenham Hotspur player when Spurs kick off the Premier League season in August, and that hasn’t been decided yet. But now it sure seems like we know what one of the options is. Ben Jacobs and Tom Bogert are reporting that Los Angeles FC LAFC is “advancing talks” to bring Son from the Premier League to MLS this summer, though naturally any move would take place after Spurs’ preseason tour to Asia.
So this rumor is not new — we’ve known about LAFC’s interest in Sonny for a few weeks now. What is new is that the club is now in active negotiations. That not only says that LAFC has an interest in Son (lots of clubs probably have an interest in Son) but that Spurs are potentially open to whatever small transfer fee LAFC would be willing to spend for him, and they want him badly.
That’s significant, and probably plays into the Spurs’ willingness to let Spurs captain Son determine how he wants to end his own career. The above report states that Son would prefer an MLS move to Saudi Arabia, and that talks will take place between Son and Thomas Frank to go over his role in the Spurs’ squad this coming season. There’s a willingness to keep Sonny and let him depart on a free transfer when his contract expires, but Spurs wouldn’t stand in his way should he want to leave now for a new opportunity on a different continent.
According to The Athletic, talks continue between LAFC and the South Korean International as the club looks to convince him to depart London to join them for the second half of the MLS season and beyond. The club could use some star power up front following the departure of Frenchman Olivier Giroud, which left LAFC with two open Designated Player spots.
Recent reports out of England indicated that Son may not be in the plans for the new Tottenham boss, Thomas Frank. However, per Football-Asian, Son would prefer to see out his deal with MLS Club.
