Dele Alli sends nine-word Son Heung-min message as Tottenham legend completes transfer

Dele Alli has described Son Heung-min as his 'brother for life' and a 'legend' after Tottenham Hotspur confirmed the forward's departure.

Son leaves for Los Angeles FC a decade after joining Spurs in the summer of 2015. Dele joined the club mere months before and spent the next six-and-a-half seasons as his teammate.

They played over 200 times together, with only Ben Davies, Eric Dier, Harry Kane and Hugo Lloris - the latter of whom he joins at LAFC - managing more appearances alongside Son. Of those, the forward only combined for more goals with Kane (58) than Dele (21).

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"My brother for life," Dele captioned a photo posted on social media of himself and Son celebrating together by both doing the 'camera' celebration. That picture is from the second Premier League match of the 2021/22 season, when Dele scored their only goal in a 1-0 win away to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

A second Instagram story post adds: "You have left a legend". That accompanies an image of them celebrating by tapping the Tottenham badge on their chests after Dele put Spurs two-up against Arsenal in their Carabao Cup quarter-final at Emirates Stadium during the 2018/19 season.

He also shared a photo of the pair embracing during one of their last games as teammates, a 2-2 draw with Liverpool in December 2021 that took place six weeks before Dele signed for Everton. After that move, they almost played against each other once, but Son was substituted off two minutes before Dele came on, with Spurs by then leading 5-0

However, they still embraced afterwards on the pitch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium despite Everton losing the match. The fourth and final photo shared is a selfie with Son taken while sitting inside the home dressing room after a game during the previous season.