10 things you [probably] didn’t know about Tottenham’s Son Heung-min

8. His idol is Crystal Palace midfielder Lee Chung-yong

Despite being just one year younger, Son’s idol is none other than Crystal Palace winger Lee Chung-yong.

Son looked up to him during his childhood, after being a ball boy at a game in 2008 for FC Seoul, of which Chung-yong was a youth team player.

FC Seoul was also a former club of Spurs alumni Lee Yong-pyo, who retired from the game in 2013.