Tottenham Hotspur forward Heung-Min Son has set his target at the club as he wants to achieve more heights in his career.
In South Korea, all citizens must undergo 21 months of strict military service before they turn 28. But Son managed to get an exemption from the service as the player led his country to the Asian Games gold medal.
There had been serious concerns over his Spurs future but the player returned to London and has been running and training hard. The 26 year old recently committed his long term future by penning a new five year contract at the club and now is aiming to utilize the time in fulfilling his ambitions.
Son Said, “Some players get out of the army and don’t care anymore. I don’t want to do that, I want to be even hungrier and work even harder. It always pays off.
“I’m very grateful and thankful and felt sorry for my team-mates and the fans [during the Asia Cup]. I could feel they missed me and I missed them as well. But we won the cup, I’m very happy, and I was very proud to come back to show the fan
“It meant a lot to South Korea. No team has won it twice in a row. We’ve done it though, and our country is very proud of us and I’m very proud of our country.
“I wasn’t thinking about military service, the first thing was to go there and win the tournament. Of course, I wondered in the tournament if I was in a good position, but my goal wasn’t to avoid the army. Now, I’m in a good position of course, but I’m still hungry, and work really hard to make sure I don’t disappoint the fans
“Of course [I was prepared for it] – I didn’t have a choice. I would have to do it. But I don’t want to think about it, of course. I just want to focus on football now. What can be better? I come here, train every morning in a wonderful training ground
“Now I’m back, of course I want to give a present to the team and the fans after coming back from the Asian Games, get some confidence back and of course, it’s more important we win, but I will try if I play to score some goals to get the feeling back.”
