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  • “He’s too good for his current club,” Mourinho says of his former player. “He could play for Liverpool.”

    “He’s too good for his current club,” Mourinho says of his former player. “He could play for Liverpool.”

    Son Heung-min

    Son Heung-min, a former Tottenham player, is allegedly TOO GOOD for Spurs and ought to be playing for teams who are contending for trophies, such as Liverpool, Manchester City, and Chelsea, according to Jose Mourinho.

    Son, 31, joined Spurs for €30 million in 2015 and is soon to finish his ninth season there. He previously played for Bayer Leverkusen.

    During his tenure in England, the South Korean captain has been one of the most reliable forwards in the Premier League, tallying 120 goals in the league and 163 goals overall for the Lilywhites.

    Before Harry Kane came to Bayern Munich, he got along well with the captain of England. However, this season, he has assumed the role of goal scorer for Ange Postecoglou’s team.

    Son, who is currently the club captain, has scored 17 goals in the Premier League so far this season, including one at Anfield last week against the Reds. His boss has called him the best attacker in the division.

    But like the majority of Spurs players, Son’s locker is devoid of trophies.

    The Champions League final loss to Liverpool in 2018–19 was the closest he got to winning a championship. With Son in the lineup, Spurs also lost the 2020–21 EFL Cup final.

    Son Heung-min

    For a player of his ability, it’s a dismal return, since teams like City, Liverpool, and Chelsea have swept the titles during the nine-time Asian player of the year’s stay on these shores.

    His former Spurs manager, Mourinho, concurs. The Special One identified the teams that would have been a better fit for Son, saying that he was a player who could “win titles.”

    He told EA Sports FC Online, “I consider Son to be among the world’s best players.”

    “It’s not disrespectful, of course, but maybe the Tottenham fans won’t agree with what I have to say. He could play for the finest clubs and win championships.

    “He might be playing for Chelsea, Liverpool, or Man City in England. It can involve playing for a premier team overseas.

    “He possesses the contemporary attacking player’s mobility. He has the ability to play from the sides, through the middle, wide, and inside. may be within.

    Son nearly played for Jurgen Klopp in his Bundesliga days; the Liverpool manager acknowledged afterwards that he was passed over for a signing when he left Hamburg.

    The attacker was worried that he might be switched around in Klopp’s squad, so he chose Leverkusen over his former team, Borussia Dortmund.

  • Journalist discloses the extent to which Premier League star was on the verge of joining Liverpool

    Journalist discloses the extent to which Premier League star was on the verge of joining Liverpool

    Son Heung Min

    It has emerged that Liverpool was on the verge of acquiring a superstar player in the Premier League.

    Sadio Mane, Liverpool’s main man, was garnering interest from German Bundesliga team Bayern Munich last summer, and the club had to consider losing him.

    Mane’s transfer to Bayern was approaching, therefore Liverpool began compiling a list of possible successors.

    It was claimed in May of last year that Son Heung Min of Tottenham Hotspur was being linked to Liverpool as a possible Mane replacement.

    According to recent reports, Liverpool was quite close to signing the South Korean sensation.

    The Telegraph claims that Anfield was snooping around knowing that Son was probably going to depart the team.

    Furthermore, it was stated that Son would have been open to relocating to Anfield.

    Son ultimately agreed to a new deal with the North London team after Spurs were able to secure a spot in the Champions League.

    Liverpool acquired Dutchman Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven in January after losing out on Son and signing Darwin Nunez from Benfica in the summer.

    Jurgen Klopp, the manager of Liverpool, has already acknowledged that failing to sign Son was one of his worst decisions.

    “One of the biggest mistakes in my life is not signing Son Heung-min,” he said to the Korean news agency KBS News.

    An excellent player. He is one of the greatest strikers in the world and a great representation of Korean football.

    Son had previously stated, “I wanted to stay in the Bundesliga,” in reference to Klopp’s desire. Dortmund and Leverkusen both wanted me.

    “Both teams are Champions League participants, but I anticipated Dortmund would rotate players more than Leverkusen.”

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    Liverpool legend implores Jurgen Klopp to sign Everton defender

    Liverpool legend implores Jurgen Klopp to sign Everton defender

    John Aldridge believes Jurgen Klopp should try to sign Everton defender Jarad Branthwaite.

    Liverpool take on city rivals Everton in the Merseyside derby at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.

    Klopp’s side looked the better side in the early stages of the game, but Everton did not back down from the challenge.

    Unfortunately for the Cheeses, Ashley Young was shown a second yellow card just before the break for a late challenge on Luis Diaz.
    From then on it was a more one-sided affair, with Mohamed Salah scoring the winner with a last-gasp brace.

    In an article in the Liverpool Echo, Aldridge named Branthwaite as his special player and urged his former team to sign him.
    “I don’t want to upset the Everton fans and whether Liverpool buy Everton is another matter because that rarely happens, but I think he has the ability to continue to be a main figure and a starter.
    “I think there is. ” club. UK.

    “It was interesting to speak to Jurgen Klopp in the pre-match press conference.
    “He will probably be on the radar of other teams. Manchester United have long been mentioned as strong candidates to sign him, but it will be up to Everton to decide what to do with him.

    “The left centre-back was the player we were looking for in the summer transfer window but we ended up not signing him.
    “If we were to move to Branthwaite it would be quite expensive because of the English gifts that are common in the game