Son Heung-min still has nothing but respect for Bayern Munich's ...

Bayern Munich got the better of Tottenham Hotspur in both of the friendlies they played against one another. One was in Seoul South Korea as a part of the Audi Summer Tour, while the second was at Tottenham stadium in North London. Bayern won the second friendly 3-2, winning the Visit Malta Cup, but former Spurs striker Harry Kane turned down the chance to lift the trophy with his fellow teammates out of pure respect for his former club.

The England skipper only just returned to preseason camp for Bayern after his extended holidays from England making it to the Euro 2024 final, where they ultimately lost to Spain 1-0. He had a brief cameo against his old club, when he came on in the 80th minute to replace Joshua Kimmich, having a few decent chances on goal at a stadium where he previously bagged a plethora of goals.

For what it was worth, Kane was just getting some minutes in the legs in what was more of a gesture of respect to his old club; it was not necessary to bring him on for a footballing matter, but rather as a show of respect to his previous club. It was part of the agreement between the two clubs when Kane agreed to join Bayern last summer, with all of the proceeds from the most recent friendly going directly to Tottenham.

Kane was also able to see some old, friendly faces, and former teammates Son Heung-Min could not hold back in his admiration of his old striking partnership when he was being interviewed after the friendly. “It was a huge honor to play alongside him. I wish him all the best for the season and hope he can win a lot of trophies and individual things as well. He’s such an amazing player and he deserves everything,” the South Korean international said of the other half of what is still one of the most prolific scoring duos the Premier League has ever seen (via @iMiaSanMia).

From their time playing alongside one another in Tottenham’s attack, Son and Kane had cumulatively combined for a total of 47 goals where one has assisted the other. This is a mark that is still an impressive 11 goals higher than that of Chelsea’s Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba from the time when they were both in the Chelsea side. In the 2020/21 season following on from the COVID-disrupted 2019/20 campaign, Son and Kane combined with each other a record-breaking 14 times.

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