Football Daily | Tears for Mr Tottenham as Son and his trademark smile head for pastures new

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Due in no small part to their peerless work in the field of curing the ills of struggling and out-of-sorts opponents in need of a fillip, few Spurs fans would be sorry to see the back of Dr Tottenham if he ever decides to leave their club. But on Sunday in Seoul, during a pre-season friendly between the Bigger Vase champions and Newcastle, there was scarcely a dry eye in the house as Tottenham and their South Korean supporters’ branch bade an emotional farewell to a player who, over the past decade, has to all intents and purposes become Mr Tottenham. Substituted after 65 minutes of the 1-1 draw, an emotional Son Heung-min received warm hugs and a guard of honour from both his teammates and the players of Newcastle before retiring to the substitutes’ bench for a little weep. After 10 years of service, one of the most popular, high-performance and low-maintenance players to ever grace the Premier League is off to ply his trade in MLS with LAFC and an English football landscape so often synonymous with spittle-flecked and snarling rage will be considerably poorer for the absence of his trademark beatific beam.We didn’t want to finish [our USA USA USA tour] in this way. Our performance wasn’t the best and we were a little bit lazy today. We want to avoid that because with laziness you can pay at any moment. [The squad’s quality] is improving. But it’s not the place it needs to be. It was crystal clear we needed more competition... hopefully we can get one or two players more” – Bruno Fernandes warms up for the new season with a familiarly downbeat refrain about Manchester United after a 2-2 draw with similarly underpowered Everton in Atlanta. They did win the Premier League Summer Series, mind. So cheer up, Bruno. Continue reading...

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