Tottenham star Son Heung-min becomes one year YOUNGER overnight - but why?

Tottenham forward Son Heung-min has, bizarrely, become one year younger after South Korea changed their traditional age counting methods.

The Spurs winger has spent the majority of the summer being subjected to a number of rumours linking him to the rapidly-growing Saudi Arabian league.

However, after dismissing such rumours, Son will be fully focused on next season's campaign with Spurs and will be boosted by news of South Korea's law change.

The law was originally passed in December, after strong campaigning from newly elected Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, but was only put into effect on Wednesday.

The original method to deduce a Korean's age included the gestation period for all babies, meaning they were all counted as one-years-old at birth.

In addition, every Korean would then become a year older on January 1st - even those who were born in December.

Now, the country will adhere to international methods of counting age - with babies counted as zero at birth before having another year added to their age annually.

In the UK, Son - who was born on July 8, 1992 - has always been classified by the international method and will remain as a 30-year-old.

The changes also will not effect Tottenham's registration for the player, with the club only needing to provide an accurate date of birth as opposed to an age.

The likes of Bayern Munich target Kim Min-jae, Mallorca's Kang-In Lee and Celtic's Hyun-Gyu Oh will also have been effected by the changes.

Meanwhile, rumours suggested Al-Ittihad had been preparing to launch a £51million bid for the South Korean talisman this summer.

However, Son played down links over a move to Saudi Arabia and admitted the 'money doesn't matter' to him.

'I have many things to do in the Premier League,' Son explained. 'Money doesn't matter to me now, and the pride of playing football, to play in my favourite league is important,' the South Korea captain said while on international duty.

The Saudi club have already signed Karim Benzema from Real Madrid and are anticipated to secure the services of Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante.