SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Media OutReach - 18 January 2021 - Tottenham Hotspur has officially launched a new Spurs Korea Twitteraccount (

@Spurs_KR) on January18th and released a variety of exclusive content related to Heung-Min Son. Thenew Spurs Twitter account will provide fans with a new way to follow the club,including content related to Heung-Min Son, the Tottenham player and KoreaNational Team captain who has become a global superstar. Some Tweets will beprovided in both Korean and English for global fans. Before the officiallaunch, Heung-Min Son posted a Tweet from the new account with a short teaservideo, saying in Korean, "Pay attention, everyone!" on January 15th. 

▲Picture Caption: @Spurs_KR 1st Tweet with Heung-Min Son's teaservideo (

https://twitter.com/Spurs_KR/status/1350065198107910147)

To date, Tottenham Hotspur, themost-watched and best-supported overseas football team in Korea, served itsKorean fans through its official Twitter account (

@SpursOfficial). Korean Tottenham fans will also be able to view future exclusiveHeung-Min Son content like Q&A with Sonny, and behind-the-scenes Fleets viathe Korea Twitter account.

Twitter launched a special emoji tocelebrate the opening of Tottenham Hotspur Korea Twitter account. A specialemoji designed with Heung-Min Son's face will be automatically applied toTweets using the hashtags 

#손흥민, #Sonny, #HeungMinSon, #NiceOneSonny, and #토트넘. Emoji with the hashtags can be used from January 18th to April 18th.

 

▲ Picture Caption: A Special Emoji Commemorating theOpening of Tottenham Hotspur Korea Twitter Account

YeonJeongKim, Head of Global Kpop & Kcontent Partnership at Twitter said, "Twitteris the best place to join the conversations in real time about many differenttopics. Korean superstars are emerging in various activities globally, like BTSand Heung-Min Son, while keeping their hometowns close to their hearts. Fanswant to follow Sonny's and Tottenham's latest news without any barriers, and@Spurs_KR will share exclusive contents to connect with fans."

Heung-Min Son is a captain of themen's South Korea national football team, and joined Tottenham Hotspur fromBayer Leverkusen in August 2015. In 2020, Heung-Min Son ranked as 'the mostTweeted athlete in Korea', as determined by Twitter analysis of Tweets andaccounts. On January 2nd, 2021, he scored his momentous 100th goal in the 17thround of the 2020-2021 English Premier League (EPL) against Leeds United.

@SpursOfficial collaborated with Heung-Min Son's Korean fans for a videocongratulating him on his 100th goal, with well-wishers sharing comments like,"So cool!! His 100th goal!!" and "Congratulations on your first goal of the newyear!"