Son of a gun: Spurs striker Son Heung-min indicators off with ‘prime performer’ prize after finishing army coaching in South Korea

He is a feared marksman on the soccer pitch however Tottenham ahead Son Heung-min can also be a crack shot on the capturing vary, being given a prime performer award on finishing his army coaching in South Korea.

Son, 27, accomplished his three-week primary coaching on Friday on the southern island of Jeju, and scooped a prize for being among the many greatest performers in his group of 157 trainees, native media report.

“He obtained the ‘Pilsung’ prize which is one among 5 forms of awards for greatest performers,” the Yonhap information company quoted a Marine Corps officer as saying.

“All of the programs had been judged in a good and strict method, and his army coaching officers have mentioned he went via the coaching faithfully.”

The Spurs striker took the chance of the coronavirus-enforced break within the Premier League to finish his primary coaching, which has concerned workout routines similar to weapons coaching, hikes and publicity to tear gasoline. 

Son nonetheless has to finish 544 hours of group service over the subsequent 34 months, however the striker is exempt from the standard time period of round two years’ army service that the majority able-bodied South Korean males must undertake, after he helped his nation to the gold medal on the 2018 Asian Video games. 

?? Heung-Min Son has accomplished his necessary army service in South Korea. He is because of return to London subsequent week.

Congratulations, Sonny. See you quickly! #THFC ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/ldacJRm4j8

— Tottenham Hotspur (at ?) (@SpursOfficial) Might eight, 2020

The South Korean star has not performed a match since fracturing his arm within the Premier League encounter with Aston Villa on February 16.

He’ll possible must bear a quarantine interval as soon as he returns to London from South Korea, however will hope to be accessible for Spurs boss Jose Mourinho for the deliberate resumption of soccer in England. 

The Premier League is aiming for a June return beneath its ‘Mission Restart’ plans, though questions stay over precisely when, the place and the way video games will likely be performed.   

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