In-form Spurs man Heung-Min Son cannot wait for his first North London derby
Sunday 20 September 2015 23:27, UK
Tottenham new boy Heung-Min Son has made a great start to life at White Hart Lane but has vowed to get even better.
The South Korea international cost a reported £22m when he arrived from Bayer Leverkusen towards the end of the transfer window and has bagged three goals in three games so far, all of them leading to Spurs victories.
Having scored twice in Thursday's 3-1 Europa League win over FK Qarabag, Son was on target again on Sunday, bagging the only goal of the game in a 1-0 derby defeat of Crystal Palace.
However, Son thinks there remains plenty of room for improvement and is already looking forward to Wednesday's big Capital One Cup tie against Arsenal.
"I haven't adapted to the Premier League yet," said Son. "I want to do much better and prepare as well as I can.
"I understand what the club invested in me. I'm getting a lot of help from my team-mates and coaches, and that's why I want to do even better.
"I heard about the North London derby when I was in the Bundesliga. I want to prepare well and do well on Wednesday."
After Sunday's victory, manager Mauricio Pochettino talked about how Son had brought Korean food to the training ground for his team-mates and the club's staff.
And the in-form forward says he made the gesture to show his gratitude to everyone for helping him to settle in London.
"I wanted to say thank you to my colleagues and staff for welcoming me to Tottenham and I wanted to introduce Korean food and culture to the players," he said. "That's why I brought it in.
"It was traditional Korean food including barbecue, seafood pancakes and various different foods from Korea.
"They loved it so much, especially the coach. He had so many plates!
"I would like to do it again if there is a chance.
"I ordered it from a very famous Korean restaurant in London, they organised everything. It is called Bibigo restaurant in Soho."