Son Heung-min must be having a hard time "Tottenham's career will be over soon"

Oct 17, 2024

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There are all kinds of speculations about Son Heung-min's future. England's cut-off side insisted it was the right time for Tottenham and Son to part ways after this season. Tottenham need to make a quick decision. A strong prospect is to hold Son Heung-min by invoking a one-year extension clause.

If Tottenham delays its decision on the future with Son Heung-min, the more it is delayed, the more the local media will continue to shake.

The British cutoff side announced on the 16th (Korea time) "Son Heung-min's Tottenham career is expected to end soon. Tottenham have already found Son Heung-min's replacement but must compete with English Premier League teams to sign the player," he reported.

"Son Heung-min remains one of Tottenham's most important and influential players, but with his contract expiring when the transfer window opens next summer, it may be reasonable for Tottenham and Son to say goodbye after the end of the season."," he added.

If Tottenham is not planning a long-term future with Son Heung-min, it may be a better option to leave Tottenham for Son Heung-min. At the beginning of next season, Son Heung-min is 33 years old. Son Heung-min may receive offers from big clubs or sign on better terms if he breaks up in June 2025 because he is in the age group where he can play his last heyday.

However, Tottenham will never release Son Heung-min as a free agent. Tottenham is a club that makes sure to bring the maximum benefit when organizing key players. In the process of Harry Kane's transfer to Bayern Munich last summer, he took as long as possible and received a lot of transfer fees. In the past, a similar process was repeated in the process of Gareth Bale's transfer to Real Madrid.

There is no possibility that Son Heung-min will be different. Even if we decide to say goodbye to Son Heung-min, we will let him go after using everything he does as much as possible. That's Tottenham.

Even if Son Heung-min wants to leave Tottenham and take on a new challenge this summer, it will not be possible to say goodbye. Tottenham is not the team to release Son Heung-min. The contract expires after this season, but Tottenham has a one-year extension. Tottenham will soon extend Son's contract by one year.

The reason why he does not offer a long-term contract renewal over Son Heung-min, the team's captain and ace, is yet to be revealed, but the general reasoning is that `Tottenham is Tottenham."It is summarized as '. Tottenham is one of the clubs that does not offer long-term renewals to players in their 30s or older. This is because if a player with a high salary loses his or her ability in an unfortunate case, there is a possibility that it will be a malicious contract.

Still, Son Heung-min was expected to be treated differently, but Tottenham was also a unchanged club. If Tottenham now offer Son to renew his contract, Son will of course want better terms than the contract he signed in 2021. Over the past three years, Son has been recognized as a player representing the EPL beyond Tottenham, so he deserves better conditions.

Son Heung-min even blocked rumors of a transfer to Saudi Arabia by showing his loyalty to Tottenham. At that time, Saudi RT Hard offered a four-year contract on an exceptional condition that is more than 2.5 times the salary of Son Heung-min currently receiving at Tottenham, but Son Heung-min did not hesitate and refused.

Despite the player's loyalty and skills, Tottenham decided to consider renewing the contract with Son Heung-min after watching the situation because there is a one-year extension. If Son Heung-min's skills show a slight retreat, Tottenham may not offer Son Heung-min a contract renewal itself. In other words, they announce the breakup after having a player named Son Heung-min and making the most of it.

Such reasoning is also emerging locally. Ben Jacobs, who is fluent in European transfer market information, heard that Tottenham has not offered Son Heung-min to renew his contract so far and will only trigger a one-year extension clause, claiming that `If Tottenham announced a one-year contract extension, and Son Heung-min did not participate in the process, I think Tottenham is not desperately trying to sign Son Heung-min after 2026.'

Jacobs explained that Tottenham would have decided to issue a one-year extension clause because Tottenham was unsure of accompanying Son Heung-min after 2026, considering his age and the club's development.

Cutoffside also predicted that Son Heung-min may not be able to accompany Tottenham amid the recent changes. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has been trying to attract huge capital to the club since 2022, with rumors circulating that Amanda Staveley, who recently split from Newcastle, will take over a stake in Tottenham with Middle Eastern capital on his back.

The above media reported that "With Staveley apparently looking to invest in Tottenham, the club's situation could make a big difference in any case. Bringing in new blood will be a clear way for new owners. Enze Postecoglou is a perfect fit for Tottenham, but it has been rumoured Staveley will bring in Newcastle manager Eddie Howe to replace him. This could be another decision that could greatly affect Son's future" he predicted.

Son Heung-min went on to show his desire to win at Tottenham. Son Heung-min has become one of the best players in Tottenham's history, but he also said he does not deserve to be called a legend if he does not lead Tottenham to victory.Given this loyalty, Son appears to want to renew his contract with Tottenham.

However, Tottenham is delaying its decision regarding the renewal of the contract in order to save a little on the salary for Son Heung-min, who has played for the club for 10 years. If Son Heung-min is sent as a free agent after the 2025-2026 season after only the one-year extension clause is invoked, Son Heung-min is 34 years old then. If a 34-year-old does not show exceptional skills until then, it is hard to get offers from big European clubs.

Meanwhile, Son has recently been linked with Barcelona. Spain's El Nacional said on the 11th that `Barcelona is already watching the situation of stars who will release free contracts on June 30th. Son Heung-min is the most prominent name in the situation. He appears to have made a real decision not to renew his contract with Tottenham and will therefore say goodbye in 10 years' time", but if Tottenham invokes Son Heung-min's one-year extension, it is a transfer theory that will be completely wiped out.

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Son Heung-min must be having a hard time "Tottenham's career will be over soon"

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