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Son Heung-min believes he's finally found an arena that is "so much better" than the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in Los Angeles.
In July, Son left Tottenham after 10 years at the north London club, having scored 173 goals and registered 101 assists in 454 appearances. He became the first Asian player to score 100 goals in the Premier League and in May the South Korean star managed to do what so few before him have managed at Spurs in lifting a European trophy as captain of the club.
The 33-year-old told his new head coach Thomas Frank that he wanted a new challenge and joined LAFC in an MLS record fee of more than £20million and has quickly brought his superstar quality to the American stage with eight goals and three assists in his first nine matches.
Son has also been doing the rounds in getting to know the other Los Angeles sports teams and after throwing the first pitch at the Dodger Stadium in August before making another visit last month, he switched from baseball to NFL to make a recent trip to watch the LA Rams in action at the SoFi Stadium in the city.
In a video released by the Rams from his visit, the South Korea captain can be seen on the touchline wowed by his surroundings and saying in conversation: "I've never seen a better stadium than Tottenham but this one....So much better."
Son then met up with the Rams' star wide receiver Puka Nucua before the duo exchanged shirts.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is one of the best football stadiums in the world and cost £1.2billion to build before it was opened in 2019 but that cost is just over a quarter of what was required to construct the arena in Los Angeles.
The SoFi Stadium opened its doors about 18 months after Spurs' home in 2020 and hosts both the Rams and the LA Chargers. It holds 70,240 people, compared to Tottenham's 62,850, and it cost a whopping $5.5billion (£4.1billion) to build. With that price tag it is the most expensive stadium ever built and Spurs' former captain could certainly see where the money has gone.
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