CGTN Sports Talk: Can Son Heung-min become the greatest ever Asian player?
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CGTN Sports Talk Episode 03 Sonny.mp3

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CGTN Sports Talk host Hu Zhicheng is joined by senior expert Josh McNally to talk about the "man of the moment" Son Heung-min.

The South Korean superstar was the hero again on Thursday night, scoring one and setting up two as Tottenham survived a scare against Shkendija to advance to the Europa League play-off round.

Son has become accustomed to breaking records. Back in 2015, he became the most expensive Asian player in football history. In 2019, he became the top Asian goalscorer in the Champions League. In 2020, he became the first Asian player to score more than 50 goals in the Premier League. And last weekend, he became the first Asian to score four or more goals in a single game in Europe's top five leagues.

As Son put Asian football on the map, can he break the stereotypes about Asian players and become the continent's greatest ever player?

Son Heung-min produced a "four" hand gesture in reference to each of his four goals during Spur's league clash with Southampton at St Mary's Stadium, September 20, 2020. /VCG

Son Heung-min produced a "four" hand gesture in reference to each of his four goals during Spur's league clash with Southampton at St Mary's Stadium, September 20, 2020. /VCG

Host: Hu Zhicheng

Guest: Josh McNally

Audio editor: Niu Yuan

Backroom researcher: Li Xiang

Cover designer: Feng Yuan

Chief editor: Chen Ran

Producer: Zhang Shilei