It was already expected since last summer. Tottenham Hotspur revealed their true nature in the end. Son Heung-min (32) is not expected to be treated as a legend at all.
Son Heung-min is not a legend for Tottenham club and chairman Daniel Levy. It's just 'non-European mercenaries' from a small Asian country. He has devoted himself to the team for a long time, or he has achieved a record that will go down in EPL history in Tottenham's uniform. In the end, it was revealed to the world that he planned to throw it away like a dedication.
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Tottenham is expected to present Son Heung-min with a 'one-year contract extension'. There is no long-term contract. If Son Heung-min continues to play a top-class role in the English Premier League (EPL) despite the one-year extension, there is a possibility that he will send another proposal then. At this point, however, he seems to have a plan to use Son Heung-min for just one year and throw him away. It is known that Son Heung-min has not even talked about renewing his contract with the club. This means that Tottenham is actually treating Son Heung-min as a 's farewell scheduled player'.
The British media Standard quoted Dan Kilpatrick, a reporter in charge of Tottenham, on the 26th (Korea time) saying that Tottenham will activate the option to extend the contract with Son Heung-min. 'The club will use the option of a one-year extension after the end of the 2024-2025 season.'" This means that Tottenham will only move in the club's favor without considering Son Heung-min's position until the end.
Son Heung-min, who moved to Tottenham from Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga in 2015, has signed two contract extensions so far. The contract ends in June 2025. Therefore, the renewal of Son Heung-min's contract should have been announced during the summer transfer market from June to July, a year ago or at the latest, a year before the contract expires. So far, it has been.
But Tottenham didn't make any gestures. Meanwhile, Son Heung-min overcame the temptation. Last summer, a Saudi Arabian club offered Son Heung-min a super large contract worth more than 170 billion won in total. Son Heung-min rejected the offer with the words `royalty with Tottenham.' However, Tottenham did not appreciate it at all.
Even though he is ranked fifth in the club's all-time scoring rankings with a total of 164 goals as a member of Tottenham, the club does not treat Son Heung-min as a Living Legend. Although Son posted plausible phrases on his website to promote his uniform to Korean fans, he does not treat Son according to his record.
This is revealed in the fact that Son Heung-min and Tottenham have not talked a single word about a new contract renewal. Son Heung-min revealed it himself, so it's a fact. This means only one thing. This means that Tottenham only considers Son Heung-min as one of the foreign players who "break up without regret after using his best skills."
There is no need to send affection and loyalty to Tottenham anymore. Son Heung-min also has to seriously think about where to pursue his new career. The relationship with Tottenham is now over.
