Tottenham and South Korea star Son Heung-min has revealed that he suffered from racism while playing in the German Football League but took revenge after knocking Germany out of the first round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

At the age of 29, Sun became the first Asian player to top scorer in the Premier League last season with 23 goals, sharing the honor with Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah.

In recognition of the position he has achieved at world level, Son was awarded his country’s highest sporting accolade last month, but the best moments of his football career remain for him to force Germany out of the first round of the 2018 World Cup. Cup because of the racism he suffered after joining the Hamburg youth in 2008 as a teenager, before defending the first team from 2010 to 2013 and then for Bayer Leverkusen until 2015.

Son first spoke publicly about the racism he faced while speaking to fans at an event held Monday in Seoul, saying, “I moved to Germany when I was young and went through many unimaginably difficult moments.”

“I faced racism. During this very difficult period, I had many thoughts that one day I could avenge myself.”

Germany were world champions in the Russian World Cup, but a sudden loss to South Korea placed them bottom of the group and led to a first-round elimination, leaving many German fans “drenched in tears” in the World Cup stands. “Kazan Arena”.

Son, who scored the second goal in stoppage time to settle Germany’s early exit, said he had no sympathy whatsoever, explaining: “When people cry, I (usually) want to comfort and hug them, but watching Germans crying made me (feel ) is able to get revenge by doing what I love.”

Son has also dealt with racism during his English Premier League career since his move to Tottenham from Leverkusen in 2015, most notably last year when police arrested eight people suspected of posting offensive racist tweets against South Korean star on Twitter. .

Son will join his Tottenham teammates when they arrive in South Korea for two pre-season matches against K-League stars in Seoul next Wednesday and in Seville, Spain three days later in Suwon, 45 kilometers south of capital Cities.