South Korea striker Son Heung-min wins Premier League top scorer with Mohamed Salah

Published on: 23 May 2022
South Korea striker Son Heung-min wins Premier League top scorer with Mohamed Salah
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: Heung-Min Son of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates victory during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park on February 16, 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Ghana World Cup opponent South Korea's striker Son Heung-min won the Premier League top scorer with Liverpool and Egypt striker Mohamed Salah.

The latest prize grabbed by Son Heung-min is a warning to Ghana's technical team of how efficient the South Korea striker is ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

South Korea coach Paulo Bento lauded Son Heung-min's Golden Boot-winning performance as a major milestone for the country's football.

Son became the first Asian player to top the English Premier League scoring rankings on Sunday, joining Salah of Liverpool on 23 goals for the season as Spurs thrashed Norwich City 5-0 to win a place in the Champions League.

"I think that is a good achievement for him, all of us would like to congratulate him," said Bento.

"It's important for himself, but also important for the team as well as for Korean football.

"It was an achievement that helped the team to reach an important goal, that is to play next season in the Champions League, and this is the most important.

"All of us are happy for him," he added.

The 29-year-old has been included in Bento's squad for a series of friendlies in early June, as the South Koreans begin their preparations for the 2022 World Cup with games against Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and an opponent yet to be identified.

"This training camp will be the most difficult training camp we will have until now, but it is what we need to face," said Bento.

"It's not important to talk too much about the schedule and about our opponents, the most important is that I try to fix it to arrange the best solutions to face the three strong opponents in a short period of time with a difficult context."

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