Son Heung-min has a rule he follows to the letter. The 34-year-old South Korean forward, a Premier League legend.
He said in an interview with The Guardian that he does not plan to get married while he is still playing football at the highest level.
The reason is not a lack of love: it is advice from his father, Son Woong-jung, also a former footballer, who trained him from childhood with sessions of up to 4 hours of ball control.
“When you get married, the first thing is family, your wife and children, and then football. I want to make sure that while I am playing at the highest level, football comes first”, Son explained.
A confession that shows the silent price behind every goal he celebrates in the Tottenham shirt.