Son wants to become Tottenham Hotspur legend

Captain Son Heung-min says he wants to beryllium remembered arsenic a Tottenham Hotspur legend, but does not judge he tin beryllium considered that yet.

The 32-year-old is approaching his 10th twelvemonth astatine nan Premier League nine and has made much than 500 appearances for them.

He has scored astatine slightest 14 convention goals successful each of nan past 8 seasons and struck up a good business pinch Harry Kane earlier nan England skipper moved to Bayern Munich past summer.

Asked what bequest he would 1 time for illustration to time off astatine nan club, South Korea guardant Son told BBC Sport: "Legendary.

"Being astatine 1 squad successful 10 years is simply a bully effort I think. You person to beryllium accordant pinch this and you besides person to springiness thing backmost to nan club.

"I still don’t deliberation I americium a fable of this club. I person said I want to triumph thing pinch Spurs, past I want to beryllium very happy to beryllium called legend.

"I joined Spurs to triumph a trophy and I dream we tin make a typical season.”

Tottenham person not won a awesome trophy since nan League Cup successful 2008, but while Son is hoping to thief them to silverware this term, he is not mounting immoderate individual targets.

Last play he scored 17 Premier League goals arsenic Spurs vanished fifth.

"I americium not mounting a extremity of wherever I should be," he said.

"Imagine if I opportunity 10 goals aliases thing and you people 10 goals successful six games, your extremity is done. I want to push arsenic overmuch arsenic I can, ne'er emotion it is enough.

“I want to spell arsenic precocious arsenic imaginable successful each facet – team, individual, everything. Then we will spot wherever we are at."

Son was named Tottenham skipper successful August past year, replacing Hugo Lloris.

Sometimes nan further unit that comes pinch it tin beryllium a burden, but Son has enjoyed nan responsibility.

“It has been good. I've learned a batch of things successful nan past year," he said.

"Being a skipper successful a Premier League squad takes a batch of responsibility. I americium still learning. It is not easy but it is simply a bully point to do.

“It is very important. I americium not nan loudest feline successful nan squad but if I person to beryllium large I americium happy to do it. I conscionable want to beryllium a bully illustration pinch bully behaviours. We person specified a young group of players and if nan skipper does nan correct point past nan players will do nan aforesaid things.

“Off nan transportation arsenic well, I ever effort to beryllium astatine a bully level of what I americium doing but nan players are listening good truthful I americium very grateful."