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[이데일리 스타in 이석무 기자] ‘Thanks to Son Heung-min, Tottenham earned more than 150 billion won’
This is the evaluation of the Tottenham fan community’Spurs Web’, which explains the value of’Super Sony’ Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham). It means that it is giving the team tremendous financial benefits beyond just playing a lot and scoring a lot of goals.
Spurs Web introduced on the 3rd (hereinafter Korean time), “The financial profit that Son Heung-min brought to Tottenham in the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League in the 2018-19 season amounted to a whopping £100 million (about 152.5 billion won).”
In the 2018-19 season UEFA Champions League mentioned by this site, Tottenham entered the finals stage for the first time in the club’s history. Son Heung-min led Tottenham’s advance to the quarter-finals by scoring three goals in the first and second leg of the quarterfinals against Manchester City (England), who was a strong champion at the time.
Tottenham lost to Liverpool in the final and finished second, but won a whopping 6945 million euros (about 93.2 billion won) in prize money. If you add various additional income, such as broadcasting rights fees, the income that Tottenham earns will increase.
In fact, at the time, Forbes disclosed Tottenham’s financial results for June 2019, introducing that “Tottenham’s 2019 income increased by £80 million (about 12.1 billion won) compared to the previous year thanks to advancement to the UEFA Champions League final.”
Spursweb quoted a local media report saying, “Son Heung-min will extend a contract for an extension of £200,000 a week (about 350 million won) at the level of Harry Kane and Tangwi Ndombele, the best in the team. It shouldn’t be done.”
“After Son Heung-min joined Tottenham, the number of soccer fans around the world, including Korea, has increased tenfold over the past two years.”
On the other hand, Son Heung-min will play the 22nd round of the 2020-21 English Premier League (EPL) home game against Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England at 5 am on the 5th.
Tottenham defeated Liverpool 1-3 on the 29th of last month, and on the 1st of this month, they are losing their second straight with a 0-1 in the lower-class Brighton. To make matters worse, even the main striker, Harry Kane, injured an ankle against Liverpool, and the atmosphere is the worst.
Son Heung-min’s shoulders became heavier in the absence of his’best friend’ Kane. In particular, Son Heung-min received a much stronger defensive check than before in the last Brighton match without Kane. This is expected to be the same for Chelsea. Still, Son Heung-min is the only’corner to believe’ for Tottenham.
Son Heung-min is scoring 12 goals and 6 assists in the EPL this season (16 goals and 10 assists in the season). Kane and Bruno Fernandez are tied for second in the league score. However, in the last five games (four league matches, one FA Cup match), she did not score goals. Both the Tottenham team and Son Heung-min are in desperate need of goal news.