Son Heung-Min corresponds to MLS Club Los Angeles FC: reports

Son Heung-Min, who spent 10 seasons with Tottenham Hotspur and stars for the national team of South Korea, has a deal to become a member of Los Angeles FC, according to several reports.

LAFC pays a transfer costs of approximately USD 26 million, Givemessport And ESPN reported that the Major League football record of USD would break 22 million that Atlanta United has paid to acquire Emmanuel Latte Lat last season.

Son, 33, announced this weekend that he was planning to leave Tottenham and said that he had achieved everything he could with the Noord -London club and he was interested in a new challenge.

Tottenham was confronted with Newcastle United in a friendly in Seoul, who served as the son’s farewell match. He received a standing ovation and an honorary guard and said that he «had a huge respect and was very grateful» for his old club.

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Son scored 172 goals and added 94 assists in 451 matches for Tottenham in all competitions, with 127 in the Premier League. A team captain, he helped the Spurs to win the 2025 Europa League for the first major trophy of his career.

He previously played in Bundesliga for Hamburger SV and Bayer Leverkusen.

Son also scored 51 goals in 134 games for South Korea, the second leading goal scorer of all time. Son played in the past three world cups.

In Lafc – who also took over the defender Ryan Porteous from Watford on Monday – Son joins a decorated MLS team that compete for a new play -off berth. Los Angeles (10-6-6, 36 points) is sixth in the Western Conference.