It has been rumored that Saudi Arabian league champions Ittihad are planning to buy Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min for 51 million pounds (about HK$510 million), and offered the 30-year-old South Korean footballer a four-year contract with an annual salary of 26 million pounds (about HK$260 million). Sun has finally responded by categorically refusing to go to the Middle East to dig for gold, and has made it clear that money is not important to me.
After the South Koreans beat El Salvador 1-1 in a recent international warm-up match, Son Heung-min was asked about Etihad's offer to sign him, and Son said: "Money is not important to me, the pride that comes from playing football, as well as playing in the league that you like, is the most important thing first, and I've got a lot of things to do in the English Premier League, and I'm going to stay at Tottenham Hotspur to play a good football game.
Heung-Man mentioned that former South Korean footballer Ki Sung-Young once said that the South Korean captain would not play in the Chinese Super League, suggesting that he as the captain also has no intention to go to Saudi Arabia to earn a living.
