?Desperate passion? driving Son?s quest for Spurs win in Europa League final

• Forward has lost two previous finals with Spurs
• ?This feels like an opportunity that may not come back?

Son Heung-min says the biggest reason he has stayed at Tottenham for so long is to succeed where others have failed and win a trophy with the club. The captain will have the chance to do so next Wednesday in the Europa League final against Manchester United, and he described himself as being driven by ?desperate passion?.
Son, who is fighting to regain peak fitness after a foot injury, joined Spurs from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015. He has scored 173 goals for the club, putting him fifth on their all-time list behind Harry Kane, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Smith and Martin Chivers. But he has been on the losing team in each of the finals he has contested with them ? against Liverpool in the 2019 Champions League and Manchester City in the 2021 League Cup. Tottenham?s last trophy was the 2008 League Cup. Son is under contract until 2026, the club having triggered a one-year option on him in January.
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