Tottenham's training ground at Enfield is always besieged by South Koreans wearing Son No.7 shirts looking for an autograph, and Son almost always obliges. He's a phenomenal dribbler. It's his speed driving with the ball, his close control, his touch - it's everything. In April 2020 he completed his three-four week mandatory military service, telling Sky Sports "it was a good experience, I met a lot of kids, a lot of these new guys and I will never forget this memory." We were playing Norwich away and we were dominating the game," recalled Winks. "We were creating lots of chances, and players were scoring here and there, but everybody just wanted Sonny to score. You could see by the celebrations that everybody was so happy for him. He fully deserved it because he was outstanding."

It's a very nice tournament and competition and every player wants to go to play there. I've played in the World Cup and Asian Cup and I haven't played in the Olympics. We'll see what happens." You don't know if you can offer the player a better contract than they have now. It's a very strange moment. They became the became the fastest group since The Beatles to record four number-one albums in the United States, and they did it in less than two years. But Son was devastated when they lost 1-0 to Honduras in their quarter final, missing a couple of key chances.In the midst of a global pandemic and Premier League football going ahead where it can, Son is focussed on the job at hand right now. Even the best defences struggle to contain him. Notably, Son has scored against the rest of the big six multiple times, and always troubles Pep Guardiola's Manchester City with his pace and clever movement. He boasts an impressive record of seven goals and three assists in 13 meetings with them across all competitions. Kane has become to Spurs what Karim Benzema is to Real Madrid - a nine-and-a-half playing both the number 9 and number 10 roles - and the main benefactor is Son Hueng-Min. Son Heung-Min played at Rio 2016, before the tournament he was excited by the chance to play at an Olympics.

I see Sonny signing a new contract here, but I don't press for something to happen now because probably it's not the right moment.” After the Olympics I was very upset. I was really down, because I played for my country and I wanted to get some medals for my country," Son later said. At the start of this season, he wasn't at his best, and you could see on his face that he wasn't happy, but he's someone who never gives up," he said.

Son wants to stay at Tottenham "for life" - Mourinho

In addition to his commercial success, Son has also been one of the Premier League's top performers over the past few seasons, winning the 2021/22 Premier League Golden Boot. He was named the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2019 and helped lead Spurs to a Champions League final appearance in 2019. On Monday (4 January) the 28-year-old was named The Best Footballer in Asia for the fourth year in a row, and there's simply no stopping him right now. Son's current deal at Tottenham runs out in 2023, but Mourinho said that, despite of the uncertainty cause by Covid-19 and losses at football clubs because of empty stadiums, he's confident that Son will stay.