Chapter 44Premium
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Son Hongmin.
In name and in fact, the undisputed GOAT in South Korean football history.
No Korean—no, no Asian—has surpassed the status he held, and none appeared for quite some time after his retirement.
Maybe someday someone will produce a brief stretch of form that tops him, but it would certainly be difficult for anyone to be judged as having truly surpassed him.
Even in the season called the worst slump in history, he still recorded 11 goals and 11 assists—a legendary player,
and even when his teammates left the club in pursuit of trophies.
He stayed at Tottenham to the very end and, in the end, delivered a title—a Tottenham legend and the very embodiment of romance, Tottenham's eternal captain.
‘Ahh. I must worship him.’
Looking at anecdotes about Son Hongmin like this made it clear he was a serious talent monster...
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