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The third highest salary for the American Professional League! Son Heung-min refuses Saudi Arabia s high salary and joins Los Angeles, with an annual salary of over 8.7 million yuan

11:25pm, 3 August 2025【Football】

Son Heung-min has announced his departure, and he will end his contract this summer and choose to leave Tottenham, who has been playing for 10 years. As a 33-year-old veteran, Son Heung-min's choice is not too big a problem. After he announced that he would leave the team, most of them were mostly blessings. Regarding Son Heung-min's next home, reports from many media confirmed that he will join the Los Angeles FC of the FC after leaving Tottenham.

According to the news from the English media, Son Heung-min's transfer fee for joining Los Angeles FC is around US$20 million, which is also a deal close to breaking the transfer fee record of the UEFA. The current record of the UEFA is the transaction of Atlanta United signing LAS for US$22 million. Son Heung-min's value reached 90 million euros at his peak, and was one of the highest value wingers in the Premier League at that time. At the same time, this value is also the highest value for Asian players. The title of Asia's number one player is not very good, and Son Heung-min deserves it.

Joined the American League from Tottenham Hotspur, Son Heung-min's salary requirements are actually not high. Los Angeles FC has prepared an annual salary contract of more than $8.7 million for him. This number is not too high, but it is already one of the top three contracts in the MEF. The highest annual salary of Messi is Messi's $20 million, and the second-ranked is Insigne, who plays for Toronto FC, with an annual salary of around $15 million. Son Heung-min's salary will exceed that of Busquets, becoming one of the highest annual salary players in the MFA. Although he is one of the highest annual salary players in the ME League, Son Heung-min still makes huge concessions compared to the contracts provided by the Saudi League. The number one Asian leader also attracted the attention of the Saudi League this summer. Even last summer, the other party provided him with a high annual salary quote with an annual salary of more than 40 million euros. However, compared with the living environment of the FC in the FC and the future vision of Los Angeles, Son Heung-min still rejected the high salary of the Saudi League and chose the FC in the FC. Such a choice is also worthy of respect.

With Son Heung-min's current strength and condition, the teams joining the MEF will still have a dimensional reduction effect. Although their abilities have declined compared to their peak period, Son Heung-min is still very effective as a scorer. In addition, the overall game rhythm and competitiveness of the MEF are not as good as the Premier League, so he can still play very good results. Moreover, next year's World Cup will be jointly held by the United States, Canada and Mexico. The 33-year-old Son Heung-min is still very likely to appear in the South Korean team's lineup, and there may be a "home game" effect at that time.