Son Heung-min’s next stop, Los Angeles?

According to the New York Times, transfer market website and other media reports, South Korean star Son Heung-min, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur, may end his Premier League career this summer and switch to the Los Angeles team. Son Heung-min’s contract with Tottenham expires in 2026 and is about to enter the contract year. More importantly, after the new head coach Thomas Frank took over, he was no longer in the team's plan, at least not in Frank's starting lineup.

Frank said: "At present, I have a player who devotes himself to training and will be able to play tomorrow. If a player has been playing for a club for a long time, the club will always need to make a decision."

The MEF transfer window will open on July 24 and will last until August 21. Los Angeles Football Club is confident about Son Heung-min's transfer, and after termination of the contract with forward Giroud, Los Angeles Football Club currently has two designated players vacancies. In fact, this summer is Tottenham's last chance to cash out Son Heung-min, who is already 33 years old. Son Heung-min also needs to go to a team that can ensure the main position to ensure that the participation in the World Cup next year will not be affected. Given that the World Cup will be held next year in the United States, Canada and Mexico, it is a good choice to transfer to the U.S. League to adapt to the environment in advance.

One of the difficulties in signing Son Heung-min in Los Angeles is the transfer fee. The Korean player is worth 20 million euros, which is comparable to Los Angeles Galaxy star midfielder Ricky Puig, who is currently the most valuable player in the M League. However, this value will soon be broken by De Paul, who is about to join Miami International, who is worth 25 million euros. The arrival of the two star players in the same transfer window may mark the beginning of the large-scale transfer offensive of the MFA Club.

Son Heung-min is considered one of the top players in the Premier League in the past decade. If this transfer is successful, he will undoubtedly become one of the most important signings in the history of the UEFA League. The winger scored double-digit goals in the Premier League for eight consecutive seasons. The record was only over the past season, with him contributing seven goals and nine assists in 30 games. During his time at Tottenham, the captain scored 127 goals and contributed 77 assists in a total of 333 Premier League games.

In May this year, Son Heung-min finally won the UEFA Cup trophy with Tottenham. In 2017, he won the Premier League second with the team; in 2019, he led Tottenham to the Champions League final; in 2021, he also reached the League Cup final with Tottenham, but unfortunately lost to Manchester City.

Although Son Heung-min is 33 years old, he can bring significant speed improvements to Los Angeles Football Club. In fact, club sources said when asked about the possibility of introducing German star Thomas Mueller that the team's top priority is to improve speed. According to sources, the club hopes that the players will be faster and more energetic, and is not sure whether Mueller can meet these needs. There is no such concern when introducing Son Heung-min.

Son Heung-min has extremely high popularity in South Korea and even Asia, and his joining will also bring huge commercial promotion to Los Angeles Football Club in the local market. According to data from the Pew Research Center, Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area of Korean-Americans (320,000), surpassing New York (215,000) and Washington, D.C. (95,000).

If Son Heung-min signs with Los Angeles Football Club, he will reunite with Tottenham's old teammate Hugo Lowry. The French goalkeeper signed with Los Angeles Football Club in 2024 and has played 52 league games in the past more than a season.

Los Angeles Football Club is currently ranked fifth in the Western Conference, but they still have many games to play after participating in the FIFA Club World Cup.

The biggest obstacle now is that Tottenham will head to Asia for a preseason tour this weekend, and they will play Arsenal in Hong Kong, China on July 31 and Newcastle United in Seoul on August 3. The Daily Telegraph said that Son Heung-min's accompanying team is crucial to Tottenham, because according to the terms, if Son Heung-min does not participate in the tournament, Tottenham's revenue in Seoul will be reduced by 75%.