LAFC to sign Son Heung-min for MLS-record transfer fee, announce in coming days

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LAFC has finalized the transfer of Korean star Son Heung-min for a league-record fee.

Son is set to be introduced as an LAFC in the coming days, according to multiple sources briefed on the deal. LAFC will pay Tottenham in the neighborhood of $26.5 million (£20 million) for the winger, sources said.

Son immediately becomes the highest-profile player in the league besides Lionel Messi and adds an enormous talent to an LAFC team that has consistently been a championship contender. His impact commercially should be enormous, too. South Korean supporters regularly flew to London to watch Son play. Reporters moved to London to cover the star player. Now, he’ll be in a Los Angeles market that is home to the largest Korean population in the U.S. (320,000), according to Pew Research Center. It is the largest such population outside of Korea.