
Kid Heung-min receives warm welcome in Los Angeles ahead of
Son Heung-min got in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and he reportedly prepares to stay there for rather some time.The previous Tottenham Hotspur captain received a warm welcome at both Los Angeles International Airport and at Tuesday’s LAFC game, following reports that he means to join the MLS club on a league-record $26.5 million transfer fee. The crowd at BMO Stadium got rather loud when he was shown on the huge screen.Per AFP, approximately 40 fans showed up at LAX wanting to see
Kid, who invested 10 years at Tottenham and is seen by lots of as the greatest Asian soccer player ever. His status as a national hero in South Korea makes him a strong suitable for a team in Los Angeles, which includes the largest Korean population of the world outside of the Korean peninsula.Advertisement The city’s large Koreatown area is just a couple miles from BMO Stadium.Son gives the LAFC the biggest splash signing because Inter Miami landed Lionel Messi two years back, though the Vancouver Whitecaps landed a comparable coup recently with the signing of Bayern Munich legend Thomas Müller. Boy Heung-min has actually discovered a natural landing area with LAFC.(Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/ AFP)(PATRICK T. FALLON through Getty Images)Boy figures to bring a new wave of attention to his club, along with a vibrant scoring danger for a side that ranks 6th in the MLS Western Conference with a 10-6-6 record. LAFC attempted
this dance one year previously with the Olivier Giroud, which wound up being a considerable disappointment. Kid projects as a better fit for LAFC’s design, though that might alter due to the looming exit of head coach Steve Cherundolo.