An emotional Heung-min Son announced his plan to leave Tottenham Hotspur this summer on Saturday, after 10 years with the north London club, and is set to join MLS side LAFC, according a report from The Athletic on Tuesday.

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In signing the Korean superstar, LAFC will break the MLS record for highest transfer fee paid ($26.5 million). Son is set to join a side that sits 6th in the Western Conference (top-9 make the MLS Cup Playoffs), but is just two points off 4th with two games in hand due to their participation in the Club World Cup last month.

Los Angeles is home to the largest Korean population in the United States — 320,000 — and also the largest such population outside of Korea. To say the 33-year-old will be received

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