The teammate most excited to welcome Son Heung-Min to LAFC ? That title might belong to goalkeeper Hugo Lloris .
The pair spent nearly nine years together at English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, only splitting ahead of the 2024 MLS season when Lloris joined the Black & Gold.
Now, they're reunited in Los Angeles after LAFC acquired Son from Tottenham earlier this week for a league-record transfer fee that's reportedly upwards of $26.5 million.
"It's amazing to be together again," Lloris told reporters Friday. "It's a new chapter with a different jersey, but with the same ambitions, same motivation.
"We all know Sonny, how humble he is, how nice he is. But at the end of the day, we cannot forget that he's a big competitor. He was the captain of Spurs for the last two