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Nov 23, 2024

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Former Tottenham scout Brian King was angry at Son Heung-min (Tottenham)'s situation.

Tottenham News, which mainly delivers Tottenham news, criticized Tottenham for failing to resolve Son Heung-min's future faster on the 22nd (Korean time). King reported that Tottenham did not handle Son's contract situation properly.

Son Heung-min's future is drawing keen attention. Recently, a series of questions have been raised through the local media in the UK whether Son Heung-min will be able to activate a one-year extension option. Earlier, the British media 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. The club reportedly had an option to extend the contract for another year.

That's amazing news. Son Heung-min is a Tottenham legend. He has scored 165 goals and 87 assists in 419 games for Tottenham over the past decade. He is currently the captain of the team. He 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 played a key role in Tottenham's attack with his fast feet and strong shots. He scored double-digit points 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 became Asia's first top EPL scorer with 23 goals in the last 2021-2022 season. He was 100% pure top scorer with no penalty kick points.

His performance continued. 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. According to statistics company Squaka, only six players, including Son Heung-min, recorded 10-10 on the EPL stage more than three times.

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Tottenham is considering the absurd card of invoking a one-year extension option instead of renewing the contract with Son Heung-min. The world is paying attention to his movements. Earlier, British media Sports Mall 'Galatasaray (Turkiye) has ambitions to detonate a transfer bomb early next year. We are preparing for Son Heung-min's contract. Related content is coming out one after another. Tottenham News reported 'Galatasaray is aiming to recruit Son Heung-min. Turkiye media reported that Galatasaray is sending out Hakim Ziyech and paying attention to Son Heung-min as a substitute. Turkiye media claimed that if Son Heung-min's transfer is completed, it will make a big impact on the planet. Turkiye's Contrasport is preparing for a transfer operation that will surprise the world by Galatasaray. Target Tottenham star Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min's contract with Tottenham ends next summer. Galatasaray plans to offer an appropriate transfer fee in January next year. If it fails, it will pursue recruitment again next summer. There is no transfer fee.

"Do you know what Son Heung-min did at Tottenham. One year extension? That's the least Tottenham can do. They think it's a lousy act that has been left alone for a long time. Son's future should have been guaranteed. He's a great asset on and off the field. How many Korean fans are coming to Tottenham's home game. I think Tottenham are selling as many uniforms as England in South Korea."

epi17@sportschosun.com