Football · The Done DealPublished · 2026-08-13
The Done Deal
€22.0m at 1.10× his valuation: Heung-min Son to LAFC, 1st on Major League Soccer's 2025/26 list
Tottenham to LAFC for €22.0m. What the price says against the 143 other disclosed fees Major League Soccer paid that season.
THE BACK PAGE · the money behind the move · ACTUAL SPORTS MEDIA
LAFC paid Tottenham €22.0m for Heung-min Son, a forward who was 33 at the time of the move.
The fee
€22.0m
1st largest of 143 disclosed fees into Major League Soccer, 2025/26
Against the market's number
1.10×
His market value at the time of the move was €20.0m.
What that buys is a separate question from what it cost. This is the price and the shape of the deal, read against every other fee Major League Soccer disclosed in 2025/26 — not a forecast of how the signing turns out.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
Confidence HighEvidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-13Partial add_ons withheld — the evidence didn't support it