Son’s dad ran up four flights of stairs to force through transfer and ‘temper’ gave Bayer Leverkusen chiefs nightmares
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Frank Blank
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Poor choice. Berahino was a baller.
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But at one moment, the transfer was off the cards and was not going to happen – if not for the actions of Son’s father – who terrified Leverkusen chiefs into letting him leave.
Son Woong-jung is a former footballer as well, spending his career entirely in South Korea, but knows a thing or two about getting what he wants.
He told South Korean TV channel tvN: “It was really hard to get to Tottenham from Leverkusen. Mr Daniel Levy, the chairman of Tottenham, came to meet us on his private helicopter.
“He kept on negotiating with Leverkusen but it didn’t work out. Leverkusen kept refusing to let Heung-Min go.
“But during the third negotiation, Mr Levy said that if we fail to negotiation this time, transferring to another team will not be easy.
“We were desperate to go. The coach didn’t trust Heung-Min, he kept switching him out.
“The third negotiation lasted 10 minutes and it was a failure, he asked where the Leverkusen negotiators were but they had already left.
“By chance, I saw them through a glass corridor on the fourth floor. I ran up four flights of stairs and stopped them.”
It was here where Son’s father managed to convince Leverkusen chiefs to meet with Tottenham again and try thrash out a deal.
Son Woong-jung is a former footballer as well, spending his career entirely in South Korea, but knows a thing or two about getting what he wants.
He told South Korean TV channel tvN: “It was really hard to get to Tottenham from Leverkusen. Mr Daniel Levy, the chairman of Tottenham, came to meet us on his private helicopter.
“He kept on negotiating with Leverkusen but it didn’t work out. Leverkusen kept refusing to let Heung-Min go.
“But during the third negotiation, Mr Levy said that if we fail to negotiation this time, transferring to another team will not be easy.
“We were desperate to go. The coach didn’t trust Heung-Min, he kept switching him out.
“The third negotiation lasted 10 minutes and it was a failure, he asked where the Leverkusen negotiators were but they had already left.
“By chance, I saw them through a glass corridor on the fourth floor. I ran up four flights of stairs and stopped them.”
It was here where Son’s father managed to convince Leverkusen chiefs to meet with Tottenham again and try thrash out a deal.
Col_M
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Didn’t we all have that kind of Dad when we played football at school or Sundays? I remember one particular day when the ref came over at half time and asked my team and coach “Do you know who that shouty man is? Is he one of your dads?” Two of my mates looked at me and followed my lead when I said “No idea, never seen him before”.
I look back on those days fondly since he passed away a couple of years ago. I was proud he came and watched me, albeit because the game was in the park that backed on it our house
I look back on those days fondly since he passed away a couple of years ago. I was proud he came and watched me, albeit because the game was in the park that backed on it our house