MUNICH: Harry Kane has hailed his former Tottenham Hotspur teammate Son Heung-min, calling their partnership “one of the best” in Premier League history after the South Korean’s departure from the club.

Over nearly a decade together at Spurs, the duo combined for 47 league goals, forming one of the competition’s most prolific attacking pairings. Son completed a record-breaking move to Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC on Wednesday.

The 33-year-old South Korean captain joined Tottenham from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015, going on to score 173 goals and provide 101 assists in 454 appearances. He played a pivotal role in ending the club’s 17-year trophy drought by helping them lift the Europa League title in May.

“Massive congratulations to him and his career at Tottenham, ” Bayern Munich striker Kane told reporters after his side’s 4-0 friendly win over former club Spurs on Thursday.

“First and foremost, a great person. I’ve got to know him really well as a friend, and just how humble he is and how good a guy he is. I think as a player, you know, we had one of the best partnerships in Premier League history. We just had that connection that we loved.

“It’s a great way for his Tottenham career to end, to lift the trophy last year with the team… and now it’s a new chapter for him, he’ll go to LA, and I wish him all the best, and I hope to see him soon and we can catch up, ” he said.

Kane, who joined Tottenham’s academy at the age of 11, spent the majority of his career with the club, netting a record 280 goals in over 430 appearances across all competitions. The 32-year-old England captain moved to German giants Bayern Munich in August 2023.