is basically confirmed. According to British media Football Insider, the Korean king of the South Koreans who play for Premier League giants Tottenham has agreed to renew the contract with Tottenham. It is understood that Son Heung-min informed Tottenham's new coach Nuno that he is willing to play under his command. In order to retain the Korean king, Tottenham offered him a weekly salary of up to 200,000 pounds, tied for the team's core , Kane and , and thus became the eighth highest salary in the Premier League. In this way, the Korean king has set three personal records, the first super contract in Asia, the highest salary in Tottenham , and the highest salary since studying abroad.
Looking at the Korean player's profits, many domestic players felt sour: How great would it be if Chinese players could also receive treatment like the mainstream European leagues. In fact, although Chinese players have basically disappeared from the five major leagues of , Wu Lei, and in the UK that year, there were also many players playing in the British league. So, what are the salary status of the players who went abroad to the British League back then?
Last season, Son Heung-min played 51 times with Tottenham, scoring a total of 22 goals and 17 assists. As a result, the Korean king made a total of 280 appearances during his time at Tottenham Hotspur, scored 107 goals and had 64 assists. Such performance is indeed worthy of Tottenham's highest salary in the team. It can be said that all of this was obtained through his own efforts and is worthy of admiration.
Sun Heung-min got such a high weekly salary with his own strength. This is the glory of Korean football and the pride of Asian football. Looking at this neighbor and then at their own players, domestic fans couldn't help but sigh. In fact, Chinese football has had relatively good memories in the British league. Around 2002, China had national team captain Fan Zhiyi , current Chinese national team head coach Li Tie , main right back Sun Jihai, central defender Li Weifeng and forward Dong Fangzhuo played in the British league. According to media disclosure at that time, Fan Zhiyi was the captain of the Chinese national team and also an Asian footballer. His overseas study was attracted by the Crystal Palace team because of his own ability, and he started his overseas study career. Therefore, Fan Zhiyi's weekly salary when he was in the Crystal Palace team was pretty good, reaching about 10,000 pounds.
The current Chinese national team coach Li Tie went to the Premier League to play for the Premier League Everton Club that year. The most important reason was that a domestic company invested 2 million pounds to become the team's advertising sponsor. The sponsorship contract at that time included a clause saying " Everton must acquire a Chinese player." So Everton brought Li Tie to the Premier League. At that time, when Li Tie just went there, his weekly salary was only 5,000 pounds. But later, Li Tie became the main player in Everton with his personal strength, so his weekly salary also increased, doubled to 10,000 pounds, which was similar to Fan Zhiyi's salary. The main central defender Li Weifeng, who studied abroad at the same time as Li Tie, also went to the Premier League for the same reason. At that time, the sponsor required one Chinese player, but Everton directly selected two Chinese players, Li Tie and Li Weifeng.
However, Li Weifeng's salary in Everton is really not high, only 3,000 pounds, which was a low-paying team at the time. What's a pity behind it is that Li Weifeng, who has good strength, has never been able to play in Everton because of his strong competitors. The first player to play in a giant in China was Dong Fangzhuo. At that time, Manchester United took a fancy to Dong Fangzhuo's talent and potential, so he signed him. The weekly salary offered was not low at that time, with 8,000 pounds. However, Dong Fangzhuo is a pity that he failed to play at Manchester United, otherwise he would likely become the first player in China to get a high salary abroad.
Among the players studying abroad in the UK at that time, there is no need to think about it. Manchester City star Sun Jihai is definitely the highest. Because he also relied on his own strength to join Manchester City in the Premier League, and played for many years in Manchester City team .However, Asian players generally have low salaries in the European League. So Sun Jihai's salary when he was at Manchester City was lower than the average salary of the main players of Premier League teams in that era. At that time, Sun Jihai's weekly salary when he joined Manchester City was about £12,500. The first player in Asia to enter the truly high-paying class was created by Korean players, and he is Korean player Park Ji-sung . His salary at Manchester United was about 50,000 pounds at first, and then rose to 90,000 pounds at the highest.
Looking at the high salaries of Japanese and Korean players in the European League, it also reflects the progress of Asian football from one aspect. But it’s a pity that there is nothing wrong with Chinese football in this wave of progress. I sincerely hope that in the European League, there are more and more Chinese players and their performance is getting better and better, so that these UEFA teams can willingly pay high salaries. I also hope that Son Heung-min's maximum salary renewal will make domestic players understand: this is the real way to make money.
