In today’s Leagues Cup match between Los Angeles FC and Tigres UANL, the on-site broadcaster directly focused its cameras on Son Heung-min in the stands, capturing him watching the game from a suite at BMO Stadium.
Son Heung-min has finalized his contract with Major League Soccer, and an announcement will be made soon. His presence at the match tonight is a sign of this.
Son Heung-min will officially become a Los Angeles FC player in the coming days. Los Angeles FC will pay Tottenham Hotspur approximately $26.5 million (£20 million) in transfer fees to sign the winger.
Son’s arrival immediately becomes the most high-profile signing in the league aside from Lionel Messi, adding a talented player to Los Angeles FC, a team that has long been title contenders. His commercial impact is also not to be underestimated.
Korean fans have often flown to London to watch Son Heung-min’s matches, and journalists have traveled to London to cover the star player. Now, he will enter the Los Angeles market, which, according to data from the Pew Research Center, has the largest Korean population in the United States (320,000) and is the city with the largest Korean population outside of South Korea.
