Dejan Kulusevski makes Heung-Min Son laugh with joke about Harry Kane’s free-kick record but Tottenham striker got revenge

Dejan Kulusevski has only been with Tottenham for seven months but he’s already bravely mocking teammates in public.

On the club’s pre-season tour in South Korea, the ginger from Sweden further endeared himself to supporters by joking about Harry Kane’s record from free-kicks.

One of the most important goals in Kane’s career was a deflected set-piece effort in November, 2014 against Aston Villa.

Since then, the striker – clinical from everywhere else on the pitch – has been unable to find the back of the net from one.

It can leave fans frustrated but Kulusevski, during a question and answer session with teammates Ben Davies and Heung-Min Son, opted to joke about it.

“Hi Harry, this is Dejan Kulusevski speaking and I think you’re one of the best strikers in the world,” he said at an event in South Korea.

“But if we get a free-kick on Wednesday I hope that Sonny takes it. I hope that’s okay with you, sorry!”

The message to Kane left Son and Davies laughing on stage – but the England striker swiftly took revenge.

On that Wednesday, Spurs secured a 6-3 win over a K League XI with Kane netting twice on the night in front of a bumper crowd.

Scoring is nothing new for the England captain but he secured a collector’s item, and ensured Kulusevski had egg on his face, by rifiling home a free-kick.

His low effort made it through a crowd of bodies to made the back of the net bulge.

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It may well be, in part, down to the appointment of Gianni Vio, the club’s new set-piece coach.

But if Kane fires a few more blanks it won’t surprise us if Kulusevski will want Son, who grabbed two for his nation in June, taking them.