Son Heung-min, aka Sonsational, is enjoying his prime time at a premier league in the home of football, England. In the 2020-21 season, he recorded eight goals in just 8 appearances and was listed as one of the leading English Premier League(EPL) goalscorers. With the help of Son’s passionate and focused playing, Tottenham Hotspur FC for which Son is playing now has come into the spotlight, raising worldwide soccer fans' interest in whether the team would get the cup for the first time in its history. <Korea Agrafood> introduces Son Heung-min who is receiving acclamations from Korea, Spurs, and football fans around the world, and his favorite Korean dish.

#Shiny Super Son at EPL
This season, Son’s playing is outstanding. In this 2020-21 season, he recorded ten goals and three assists in 13 appearances including one at a match with West Bromwich Albion FC. He scored an offensive point of 1.25 per game. Among EPL players, Harry Kane, a Son’s teammate, is the only one who got a higher offensive score than Son. talkSPORT, a sports radio station in the UK, highly rated Son who was named as one of the EPL Best 11 based on the results of the eight rounds in the 2020-21 season, best describing Son as being on fire.
His performance increases every day, so does his value. Tottenham is preparing to offer Son a new contract that would make him one of the highest earners in the team to make him consider committing his future to the team. According to Transmarket, a site providing information about player values and transfer, his transfer fee is highly estimated at USD 88.60 million dollars.
The physical agility of his all body parts is a great weapon. In fact, he scored four goals with his right foot, three goals with his left foot, and one goal with his head. Jose Mourinho, who is the manager of the football club and called aka a serial winner, spoke highly of Son for his scoring power that is not much affected by whether it's his left or right foot, or his head. The manager said, “Son proved himself as a world-class player and he did what he can do. And, he couldn't be better than this”, with his thumb up.

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Check out the highlights of Son’s playing on the official Tottenham account.
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#Let’s Enjoy Korean Snack Son Likes

Thanks to Son’s brilliant playing, Korean fans’ love for the other half of the duo, Harry Kane, is growing each day. The duo earned 29 scores during a period from the 2015-16 season when Son was transferred to Tottenham to the eighth round in the 2020-21 season. This is the second-highest record in the history of EPL, after the legendary EPL duo&#8212;Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard&#8212;who scored more. So, for Korean fans, Harry Kane is a legitimate target for their affection.
Korean soccer fans are showering Harry Kane with Korean gifts to show their love for him. In fact, a manager of the official Tottenham Hotspur fan club said that Korean fans sent snacks and Hot Chiken Flavor Ramen to the football club.
Sending presents to foreign teammates of Korean players is not something new. Before Son, Korean soccer fans sent Choco Pie, a signature Korean snack, to Park Ji-sung’s teammates, Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Latyr Evra. Park Ji-sung also used to play at the EPL.

*Additional Info : A Snack Given to Teammates of the Korean Player

Korean soccer fans give a representative Korean snack as a gift to teammates of a Korean player who is playing abroad. They give a snack in token of their gratitude for taking care of or being nice to a Korean player who lives and plays abroad. The snack also signifies a warm heart from Koreans. Choco Pie, which delivers this warmth as its commercial phrase indicates, is the very representing gift. It is a kind of pie made with pieces of bread covered with chocolate on top and bottom with marshmallow therebetween. It is a snack that nobody dislikes. In fact, it is highly popular in some countries including Russia. In addition to the chocolate snack, hot chicken flavor ramyeon which features its spiciness is also a popular gift as it is gaining a huge popularity abroad.

#Tteokbokki, Son’s Favorite Food that Refills His Energy

Tteokbokki is a special food even for Son Heung-min who lived abroad for quite a long time including his childhood. Recently, a documentary about Son was made. The documentary, which is titled “Sonsational: The Making of Son Heung-min” and produced by tvN, a Korean broadcaster, follows his footprints he left.
Especially the third episode in which Park Seo-jun, a famous Korean actor who shot to worldwide stardom after starred in Itaewon Class, a recent Korean hit TV series, appeared as a friend of Son’s caught the eye of many viewers. A scene in which Son Heung-min confided in his friend Park Seo-jun was most viewed because it is not an everyday thing fans can see from someone who has become a world-class soccer player.
Son said in the episode that he doesn’t have many friends and close ones he can turn to because he went to Europe in his early days, and so he was really happy when Park came. He said about food, “I love snack foods, especially tteokbokki. I don’t think there is any Korean who doesn't like tteokbokki”, showing his affection for the food. Let’s learn how to make tteokbokki picked first by Son in the recipe section.