'Why are you so skinny? You look like you haven’t eaten': Son Heung-min meets 84-year-old superfan

Football

Published: 19 Jun. 2024, 18:16 Updated: 19 Jun. 2024, 18:38

'Why are you so skinny? You look like you haven’t eaten': Son Heung-min meets 84-year-old superfan

Son Heung-min, right, shakes hands with fan Jung Keum-nam in a video shared on the Korea Football Association's YouTube channel on Tuesday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Tottenham Hotspur and Korea captain Son Heung-min met one of his oldest fans last week, 84-year-old Jung Keum-nam.

Son's meeting with Jung was filmed and shared on the Korea Football Association’s official YouTube channel on Tuesday.

Jung, who has dementia, met Son on June 10, the day before Korea won a 2026 World Cup qualifier against China.

The meeting was arranged after Son heard that Jung’s favorite hobby is watching him play. The Spurs star sent her an autographed jersey last year.

“Why are you so skinny? You look like you haven’t eaten,” Jung said after giving him a hug in the video.

Son Heung-min, right, poses for a photo with his fan Jung Keum-nam in a video shared on the Korea Football Association’s official YouTube channel on Tuesday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Son gave her another autographed national team jersey and took a picture with her.

BY PAIK JI-HWAN [paik.jihwan@joongang.co.kr]