"End of the times NO"→"In the end, Son Heung-min is likely to accompany Tottenham until the 2025-2026 season

Nov 28, 2024

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'Captain' Son Heung-min is expected to extend his contract with Tottenham by one year.

Reporter Jack Pitt-Brook said on the 27th (Korea time) 'Tottenham plans to trigger a one-year contract extension with Ben Davies. Davis' contract will be finalized this season, but Tottenham plans to have a player in the 2025-2026 season as well. Davis, like his best friend and captain Son Heung-min, will expire after this season. Tottenham plan to trigger a clause that will allow them to leave two veteran players next season as well,' he said.

Son Heung-min will end his trip with Tottenham after this season. Initially, Tottenham is expected to offer Son Heung-min a long-term renewal. There have been constant talks about renewing contracts around Christmas last year. As Son Heung-min also loves Tottenham, the contract is expected to be renewed without difficulty.

The tide has changed. Earlier this month, the British press Telegraph reported that Tottenham will soon issue an option to extend Son's one-year contract. Tottenham signed Son Heung-min's last contract (four years) in July 2021, with the club reportedly having the option to extend the contract for another year. Tottenham just needs to let Son Heung-min know that they are exercising their option to extend their contract. Both Tottenham and Son Heung-min agree to activate the option.

In this situation, Tottenham's '1 year extension option' may be a trick, according to an analysis. Spurs Webb, which mainly delivers news from Tottenham, said on the 18th that Tottenham may have decided to extend the contract by one year to buy time needed for a new long-term contract agreement with Son Heung-min.

There was another article that reversed the previous speculation. Global media outlet BeIN Sports said, `Son Heung-min's potential departure means the end of an era. Such a move could open the door for him to join other European leagues or push the Asian stage. Fans will continue to enjoy Son's performance. Son Heung-min said he is considering the following.

The reversal continues. Son Heung-min will be accompanied by Tottenham for another year, as reported by reporter Jack Pitt-Brook.

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Meanwhile, Son Heung-min left Leverkusen (Germany) and joined Tottenham through the transfer window in the summer of 2015. His ransom was €30 million at the time. It was the highest transfer fee ever for an Asian player. Son Heung-min has been active since the 2016-2017 season after going through the adaptation period. Dele Alli (D), Christian Eriksen (E), Son Heung-min (S), and Harry Kane (K) have been established.

He scored double digits for eight consecutive seasons from the 2016-2017 season. Since the inauguration of the English Premier League (EPL) in 1992, only seven players have scored 10 or more goals for eight consecutive seasons. In addition, Son Heung-min scored 23 goals in the league in the 2021-2022 season, becoming Asia's first top scorer in the English Premier League (EPL). He was 100% pure top scorer with no penalty kick points. Son Heung-min also left 17 goals and 10 assists in the league in the 2023-2024 season. Once again, I joined '10 (goal)-10 (help) club'. He became the first Asian player to achieve EPL 10-10 (11 goals-10 assists) in the 2019-2020 season. After the 2020-2021 season (17 goals-10 assists), he was listed as the third 10-10 in his career. He has scored 165 goals-88 assists in 420 games for Tottenham over the past decade.

Son Heung-min's movements around the world 'Big Club' were noted. In the meantime, Son Heung-min has been consistently asked for love calls from the Saudi Arabian League, Atletico Madrid, and FC Barcelona (Spain). Recently, it was reported that Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is also interested.

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