Son's £20m MLS Exit Spurs Tottenham to Hunt for Winger Replacement

Son Heung-min has left Tottenham Hotspur for LAFC and a new challenge in the MLS which leaves Thomas Frank looking to replace the South Korean star

Thomas Frank has admitted that if the right opportunity arises in the transfer market then Tottenham will attempt to sign another winger to go some way to filling the gap left by Son Heung-min.

The South Korean star departed Spurs this week for LAFC in a MLS record move of more than £20million and goals have not exactly been free-flowing so far under Frank in pre-season, not helped by striker Dominic Solanke being missing with an ankle injury and Dejan Kulusevski recovering from his patella surgery and now James Maddison has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will miss most of the coming season.

The Tottenham head coach confirmed after the 4-0 defeat at Bayern Munich on Thursday that if one of those opportunities was someone to replace Son then the club would take it.

"Sonny was a key player for 10 seasons. He has left the club. We have both good young players in Mathys [Tel] and Wilson [Odobert] and they are really promising and can perform," said Frank . "Brennan [Johnson] can also play that side. As I said, we are in the market. If we think we can find the right one, one who can improve the team, then he will be signed. If we can't, then not."

It's not just Son's quality with the ball that Frank must replace, but also the South Korean's unifying leadership of the dressing room.

"I think there's definitely players that can step up and replace him in terms of leadership," he said.

When asked if he was any closer to making a decision on who would be the skipper for his tenure, he said: "Closer, yeah, but I haven't taken a decision yet.. No decision yet."

The Dane then explained what he is looking for in the club's new captain.

"It's a classic one: a leader. The guy that can be there, the guy that can lead the team on and off the pitch. get the group together and be there in tough times," he explained. "But there can never only be one. There needs to be more than one because a leader can always have a bad day and others need to step up.

"I think we in general prefer one that can communicate verbally, but it's not enough if you only communicate."