The final departure of the son Heck-Min in a Tottenham shirt had all the excitement you expected, but it also had a hilarious moment that only Korea could deliver.
The legend of Spurs played 65 minutes on a 1-1 tie with Newcastle United in a preseason friend in Seoul, marking the end of a brilliant ten-year career with the club. When he left the pitch, he received an emotional honor for the two players of players in Son and was visibly moved, erasing tears in front of a crowd worshiping.
After more than 450 appearances, countless goals and such a long -awaited European trophy, the 33 -year -old now joins the Side Los Angeles FC MLS.
But before the serious farewell arrived the surreal.
One day before the game, Son and his teammates of Spurs were attended to a cultural welcome in the South Korean capital, where they met the local celebrity and the literal-koi Hong-Man giant. The former MMA fighter, known as the “Colossus Korean”, is 7’2 “and weighs 160kg.
Naturally, he put this hulking framework by collecting the son and the cradle as a young child, much for the fun of the striker. Choi later fought with other Spurs players, blocking the papea kill Sarr in a bearhug and leaving Richarlison visibly stunned by his large size.
A basic element of the K-1 and MMA scene in the 2000’s, Choi fought heavy weight icons, Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko Cro Cop, and even briefly aligned to deal with Brock Lesnar before a medical problem screened the combat.
With its elevated frame and its struggle, it is tempting to imagine Choi Hong-Man giving football. You may not have the fineness of the child, but at 7’2 “, it would be unstoppable in the air, just imagine trying to mark it in a corner.
Peter Crouch, eats the heart.
