Son Heung-min insists he is inspired by Harry Kane's Bundesliga success as he looks to end Tottenham's trophy drought

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By MATT BARLOW

Published: 14:05 EDT, 12 May 2025 | Updated: 14:05 EDT, 12 May 2025

Son Heung-min admits helium craves a trophy to implicit his Tottenham puzzle and is taking inspiration from Harry Kane, who has conscionable won the German rubric with Bayern Munich.

Son texted his congratulations to his erstwhile striker spouse and Kane replied with a video call.

'I was truly blessed to spot him happy,' said the Spurs captain. 'He is 1 of my champion friends, and to spot him execute truthful overmuch I was delighted for him similar he's my family. With that affirmative vigor I anticipation helium tin enactment Spurs successful the crippled arsenic good truthful we tin execute a bully effect similar his.'

Almost a decennary has passed since Son joined Spurs, during which clip helium has been a runners-up successful the Premier League, the Champions League and League Cup but has not won a large trophy.

'We've been talking astir this for years,' said the 32-year-old Korean. 'The biggest crushed I stayed astatine Tottenham was to bash thing others couldn't achieve.

'You request each the pieces to implicit a puzzle. I've gathered each the different pieces and it feels similar I've been missing that 1 astir important last portion and I've been trying to find it for 10 years.

Son Heung-min has admitted that helium is inspired by Harry Kane's Bundesliga success

Kane won the archetypal trophy of his vocation arsenic helium helped Bayern to triumph the Bundesliga title

Tottenham brag Ange Postecoglou says it looks arsenic though Dejan Kulusevski conscionable has a knock

'It feels antithetic this time. I truly privation to win, much than anyone else, I think. So galore radical are supporting america with the aforesaid hopeless passionateness I feel. If we hole well, I judge we tin execute it.'

Son returned successful Sunday's 2-0 decision against Crystal Palace aft a period retired injured. He volition question much minutes against Aston Villa connected Friday though Ange Postecoglou volition not fto his bosom regularisation his caput successful the Europa League last adjacent week.

'It comes down to getting him acceptable to play and past making a decision,' said Postecoglou. 'Nothing much than that. One happening I bash cognize astir finals is determination are ever moments and players who tin alteration it, but it's going to instrumentality a corporate effort. It's what we bash arsenic a squad that volition beryllium overmuch much important than individuals connected the day.'

On Dejan Kulusevski, who injured a genu against Palace, Postecoglou added: 'It looks similar a sound astatine this signifier but we're going to fto it settee for 24 hours much past measure it.'

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