Due to changes in South Korean law, Heung-Min Son has become a year younger

Due to changes in South Korean law, Heung-Min Son has become a year younger

The country now considers age from birth, rather than the previous law which declared individuals a year old at birth.

Tottenham’s registration of the player will also not change, with the club only needing to provide an accurate date of birth as opposed to an age.

As well as a change in age in South Korea, Son has spent his summer playing down links with a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia.

Committing himself to Tottenham, Son said: “I have many things to do in the Premier League. However a law passed in December after strong campaigning fro newly-elected Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, with the new rules coming into force this week.

For Son, while his age will change in his homeland of South Korea, nothing will be different in the UK.

Now, the country will adhere to international methods of counting age – with babies counted as zero at birth before having another year added to their age annually.

In the UK, Son – who was born on July 8, 1992 – has always been classified by the international method and will remain as a 30-year-old.

The changes also will not effect Tottenham’s registration for the player, with the club only needing to provide an accurate date of birth as opposed to an age.

The likes of Bayern Munich target Kim Min-jae, Mallorca’s Kang-In Lee and Celtic’s Hyun-Gyu Oh will also have been effected by the changes.

Meanwhile, rumours suggested Al-Ittihad had been preparing to launch a £51million bid for the South Korean talisman this summer.

However, Son played down links over a move to Saudi Arabia and admitted the ‘money doesn’t matter’ to him.

‘I have many things to do in the Premier League,’ Son explained. ‘Money doesn’t matter to me now, and the pride of playing football, to play in my favourite league is important,’ the South Korea captain said while on international duty.

The Saudi club have already signed Karim Benzema from Real Madrid and are anticipated to secure the services of Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante.