Son Heung-min has just arrived in the US and created a huge fever: Messi's rival debuts

Son Heung-min becomes Messi's rival, causing a stir among Asian fans across the US

Son Heung-min has officially signed a contract to become a new player of Los Angeles FC with a record transfer fee in MLS (American professional soccer league). Accordingly, this fee is determined to be around 26.5 million USD (695 billion VND), according to journalist Tom Bogert, a transfer news expert in the US.

Son Heung-min vừa đến Mỹ đã tạo cơn sốt cực lớn: Đối thủ của Messi ra mắt- Ảnh 1. — Son Heung-min appeared in the stands of BMO Stadium to watch Los Angeles FC beat Tigres UANL (Mexico) 2-1 on August 6.

Son Heung-min's presence also immediately created a fever with Asian fans in general and Korean fans in particular in the US. He was warmly welcomed as soon as he arrived in the US and immediately went to Los Angeles FC's BMO Stadium to watch his new team debut, playing against Tigres UANL from Mexico on August 6.

Son Heung-min's impact was no less than when the famous player Messi arrived and debuted at Inter Miami Club in July 2023, when the Los Angeles FC Instagram social network account immediately received more than 30,000 new followers. Thereby, helping this team become the 3rd MLS club to surpass the 1 million followers mark on Instagram.

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Not only that, the American press also pointed out the prospect that if Los Angeles FC and Inter Miami meet at the MLS Cup at the end of the year, or maybe at the upcoming Leagues Cup regional tournament, the confrontation between Son Heung-min and Messi on the field will certainly become a big focus of American football.

According to journalist Favian Renkel, who closely follows MLS and soccer leagues in North America: "The presence of Son Heung-min will certainly explode the number of viewers at soccer stadiums in the West Coast of the United States.

Cities like Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco/San Jose and Los Angeles, will see fans not only from Korea but from all over Asia flocking to see this top star play. Just like baseball, and other sports , soccer has now become a tourism driver in the US. Look forward to this episode of American soccer (with Son Heung-min); it will be great!".

Son Heung-min vừa đến Mỹ đã tạo cơn sốt cực lớn: Đối thủ của Messi ra mắt- Ảnh 2. — Son Heung-min officially leaves Tottenham to join Los Angeles FC in the US for a new stage in his career

Son Heung-min is currently considered by the American press to be the 5th most expensive and influential contract in the history of MLS, after Messi, David Beckham, Rodrigo De Paul and Thierry Henry.

Son Heung-min has also become the player with the highest transfer fee in MLS, surpassing the previous two deals of Kevin Denkey (to FC Cincinnati, 16.2 million USD) and Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United FC, 22 million USD).

According to journalist Han June of Football-Asian.com (Korea), Son Heung-min could have stayed at Tottenham if he wanted, as the new coach, Mr. Thomas Frank, spoke to him in June and confirmed that he was still in the plan for the 2025-2026 season. Tottenham also plans to activate the automatic extension clause for another year until June 2027 and keep Son Heung-min until he retires.

But Son Heung-min refused. He said that after 4 injuries and a decline in form, he felt that staying could hold the team back. He did not want to be a burden to the coach or his teammates. He felt that this was the right time and decided to leave Tottenham to choose a new challenge in the United States.

Son Heung-min's choice to extend his contract and join Los Angeles FC for a transfer fee, rather than going free and for free, is because he wants Tottenham to get back some of the cost, after spending a lot of money investing in him for more than 10 years, journalist Han June added.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/son-heung-min-vua-den-my-da-tao-con-sot-cuc-lon-doi-thu-cua-messi-ra-mat-185250806123835931.htm