Son Heung-min agreed to a contract with Los Angeles FC on Tuesday, finalizing his move to Major League Soccer after a decade at Tottenham Hotspur

“He was like a demigod stepping down and meeting us right here,” recalled Lee, who was there and “tried to give him a big hug.” But coming to play for the local club will make Son “one of the most famous people in L.A.,” Lee said; he’ll be a rockstar with only a few parallels.

Son’s transfer will be an MLS record, surpassing the 21.5m US dollars Atlanta spent on signing forward Emmanuel Latte Lath from Middlesbrough in February. Spurs stalwart Son will exit north London after scoring 173 goals in 454 appearances.