Tottenham star Son Heung-min becomes a year YOUNGER overnight after bizarre change to method of counting ages
SON HEUNG-MIN has become a year younger in his homeland after South Korea changed its way of counting age.
Traditionally a Korean’s age would include a babies’ gestation period, with newborns considered a year old at birth.
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They would then go up a year in age on January 1 each year – meaning that a baby born in December could be thought of as a two-year-old within days of their birth.
In the 1960s South Korea began using the ageing system adopted by the rest of the world for certain documentation.
And it will now be used exclusively by Koreans, with their traditional method now abolished by new president Yoon Suk Yeol.
Son will now be considered 30-year-old in his homeland, as he is in the rest of the world.
The Tottenham star is set to turn 31 next week, on July 8.
Son recently reaffirmed his commitment to Spurs, after being linked with a megabucks move to Saudi Arabia.
The White Hart-Lane-favourite said: “I have many things to do in the Premier League.
“Money doesn’t matter to me now, and the pride of playing football, to play in my favourite league is important.
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“I want to play more for Tottenham.”
Son underwent surgery on a sports hernia at the end of the season, but was back in action for his country last week – making a 20-minute cameo against El Salvador.
The forward managed the issue during the campaign, not wanting to miss matches.
He scored 10 Premier League goals during the 2022-23 season, down 13 on his Golden Boot-winning tally in 2021-22.
AFPSon was in action for South Korea last week[/caption]
