Everyone in Europe knows Son Heung-min.
Everyone knows Mitoma.
But the real story of East Asian footballers abroad — the data, the tactics, the quiet rise — is still untold in English.
AsianXI is here to tell it. 🧵
Kim Min-jae 🇰🇷. Tottenham want him. Newcastle want him. Bayern want €40M.
He played mostly backup this season.
The market still rates him like a starter. Watch which club blinks first.
👀 Hoffenheim vs Werder Bremen tonight — 00:30 JST:
YUKINARI SUGAWARA (🇯🇵) set to start at right-back
• Assist vs Stuttgart recently — in fine form
• Werder targeting European football — every point counts
Watch this space ⚽
🇰🇷 SON HEUNG-MIN (33) vs San Diego FC — MLS:
• Sub impact: 1 assist, 26 touches, 78% pass acc.
• 2 chances created | Rating: 7.2
That's 8 MLS assists this season for the captain. LAFC snatch a late point 🌏
Wolfsburg v Bayern. Late Saturday, JST. 🔵
Kim Min-jae 🇰🇷 — 1,560 minutes this season, mostly backup. Bayern are already champions.
These final games are all he has left to make his case.
Brighton v Wolves. Saturday, 23:00 JST. ⚔️
Mitoma 🇯🇵 on one wing. Hwang Hee-chan 🇰🇷 on the other side.
East Asian duel. Premier League. Pick your side.
🇫🇷🏆TWO Champions League finals in a
row for Paris Saint-Germain.
Insane work by Nasser Al Khelaifi, Luis Campos, Luis Enrique and the players.
Well done Minjae and Ito by the way 👏
🏴🇯🇵 Daichi Kamada with a GOAL and an ASSIST as Crystal Palace take a 3-1 lead back to Selhurst Park in the Conference League semi-final.
What a night for Kamada and the Eagles.