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After winning the Europa League last season, captain Son Heung-min joked that he was now a Tottenham "legend."
The South Korea international has spent a decade in north London, making more than 450 appearances across all competitions and scoring a handful of important goals.
But is it finally time for Son to leave? Or has the 33-year-old still got more to offer to the club?
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Son's Spurs future uncertain
Tottenham captain Son Heung-min's future at the club remains unclear.
The forward has just 12 months left on his contract and has reportedly attracted interest from Saudi Arabia and the MLS.
BBC Sportâs senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel reported last month that any exit is likely to be after the Asia trip, with Son's absence likely to risk complications with tour organisers.
The South Korea international is crucial to the commercial appeal of Tottenham's Asia Tour.
After playing Arsenal in Hong Kong on 31 July, they travel to Seoul to face Newcastle United three days later.
What could Watkins offer United?
Tom McCoy
BBC Sport journalist
Manchester United transfer target Ollie Watkins has provided consistent goal threat for Aston Villa since joining from Brentford in 2020, more than justifying his transfer fee of £28m, rising to £33m with add-ons.
The Torquay-born striker has reached double figures in all five of his seasons with Villa and equalled a club record by netting 19 Premier League goals in 2023-24. He has also been available for the vast majority of games, featuring in 184 of 190 top-flight matches.
His principal strengths are pace and movement, traits which have enabled him to register 211 shots on target in the past five Premier League seasons, second only to Mohamed Salah. But while he is a constant source of danger, his finishing statistics have fluctuated over the years.
Watkins enjoyed a real hot streak when scoring 27 times in all competitions in 2023-24, overperforming his expected goals total by 6.2 and netting with 20% of his attempts.
Those figures regressed last season, with the England international underperforming his expected goals total by four and converting 15.3% of his chances. It perhaps didnât help that during the first half of the campaign he was often replaced by Jhon Duran in the closing stages of games, allowing the Colombian â rather than Watkins â to capitalise when space opened up as opposition defences tired.
Nonetheless, in the Premier League, Watkins missed a league-high 27 âbig chancesâ (as defined by Opta), scoring only a third of such opportunities. That compares to a success rate of approximately 50% for peers such as Salah, Erling Haaland, Alexander Isak and Yoane Wissa.
But while there may be room for improvement in Watkinsâ finishing, he has added another string to his bow by becoming a regular creator of goals, assisting a remarkable 27 goals over the past two campaigns.
Aged 29, Watkins may not necessarily offer a long-term option for United but he would be a clear upgrade on their current options â if Villa can be persuaded to sell.
How do Watkins and Sesko compare to Hojlund?
Sophie Brown
BBC Sport
At present Rasmus Hojlund is Manchester Unitedâs first-choice centre-forward but United have been linked with a move for Benjamin Sesko and Ollie Watkins.
While Hojlund scored just four goals in 32 Premier League games last season for United â and has yet to find the net in pre-season â both Sesko and Watkins posted much healthier 2024-25 figures. Sesko scored 13 in 33 top-fight appearances for RB Leipzig and Watkins hitting 16 in 38 for Aston Villa.
When Hojlund signed for United in the summer of 2023, then-United boss Erik ten Hag described him as âa real frontmanâ but both Watkins and Sesko offer more all-round games. Watkins has an excellent assist record while there is more to 6ft 5in Sesko than just a classic number nine. He is also fast, comfortable receiving the ball to feet with his back to goal or hanging on the shoulder of the last defender and racing onto a through ball, and he can score goals of all types from all sorts of distances. He has outperformed Watkins and Hojlund on several key metrics so far in his elite-level career.
If Ruben Amorim is looking for a player who provides a focal point and can compete in aerial duels, Sesko is also probably a better fit than Watkins, who is six inches shorter than the Slovenian, and whose game is more about movement and runs into space.
United, who have already spent almost £130m on attacking players this summer, are said to feel that the suggested £60m price tag is too high for 29-year-old Watkins, who Villa say they donât want to sell anyway, but the Red Devils have had a meagre return on the £72m they paid for Hojlund two years ago. Leipzig are believed to have slapped a â¬100m price (£87m) on 22-year-old Sesko, with Newcastle also interested in the player.
Second half hat-trick against Leverkusen
On a night that saw Xabi Alonso make his return to Anfield in the opposing dugout, it was Diaz who stole the headlines.
It took the home side 61 minutes to break the deadlock but once Diaz found his first he was able to get two more before full time in what was arguably his greatest ever performance in a Liverpool shirt.
Cody Gakpo also got himself on the scoresheet as the Reds ran out four goal winners and put a marker down to the rest of Europe.
Equaliser ends emotional week
Diaz had spent 10 days away from Liverpool after his mother and father were kidnapped by Columbian rebels in his home country.
Whilst his mother was able to get away, his dad remained missing but Diaz returned to Premier League action before he was rescued.
With Liverpool a goal down deep in to stoppage-time against Luton Town, Diaz headed home Harvey Elliot's cross to salvage a point.
He celebrated by lifting his shirt with a message saying "freedom for papa" and issued a statement after the match asking for his fathers immediate release. Four days later he was returned home unharmed.
Super solo effort saves Liverpool
Liverpool found themselves in trouble in just their second game of the 2022/23 season.
With Liverpool already a goal down, Darwin Nunez had been sent off for a headbutt on Joachim Andersen shortly before the hour mark.
But just four minutes after Liverpool lost Nunez, up stepped Diaz.
A mazy run down the left-hand side saw him cut in on to his right foot before lashing the ball past Vicente Guaita to rescue a point for the home side.
