José Mourinho has suggested Liverpool missed out on "one of the best players in the world" in Son Heung-min.

With 17 goals and nine assists to his name, Son is still at the height of his powers in England and has now been praised as 'one of the best in the world' by his former boss Mourinho.

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“I don’t look at Son as a Korean player," he told EA Sports FC.

"I look at Son as one of the best players in the world.

He can play through the middle, from the sides, wide to coming inside.”

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp has also agreed with Mourinho on the matter, after admitting back in 2021 that failing to sign the forward was one of his biggest regrets throughout his coaching career.

He is fantastic, a sign of Korean football and one of the best strikers in the world."

Son and Klopp almost linked up at Borussia Dortmund in 2013, until Bayer Leverkusen swooped in with a $10.7million (€10m/£8.6m) bid and secured the services of the forward.

It's really important to play regularly at my age."

Liverpool.com says: With Son now 31 and Klopp leaving Liverpool this summer, it appears unlikely that the pair will ever work together.