Son Heung-min leaves message for Korean fans on becoming 1st Asian scoring champion in Premier League

▲ This photo, a captured image from Son Heung-min's official Instagram account, shows Son Heung-min, the scoring champion in Premier League. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) – S. Korean football star Son Heung-min(Tottenham), who won the scoring title in the 2021-22 English Premier League, has delivered the message for his Korean fans.

Son said through his Instagram account on May 23(KST), “Thank you to my teammates, to the club, and to you supporters. Without you all, this award is not possible! I am so proud.”

Son, who finished the 2021-22 season with a career-high 23 goals in 35 games, has become the first Asian scoring champion in Premier League history, sharing the Golden Boot with Mohamed Salah(Liverpool·23 goals), who scored late in his team’s 3-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on May 22(U.K. Time)

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Kim Sun Min.)

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