Negotiating with a global superstar presents a unique set of challenges for any club's front-office staff.

That was the task before LAFC co-president and general manager John Thorrington this summer, as the club's pursuit of South Korean and Tottenham Hotspur legend Son Heung-Min ramped up in earnest.

"For quite a while, it felt like an impossibility given what he was doing in his career, and what have you," Thorrington told host Max Bretos on the club's Black & Gold Insider show .

"But we saw the opportunity with what was going on at Spurs and his own personal situation, and I had been in touch with his agent for years, and finally got the chance to sit down with him in the middle of June.

"... From that moment, I knew there was a chance."

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