The atmosphere between Tottenham and Son Heung-min is unusual. Speculation has been raised that Son Heung-min may leave.
"Tottenham forward Son Heung-min is not happy because his contract situation has not improved," the British To the Rainback reported on the 26th (Korea Standard Time).
The media wrote that `Considering whether young teams across Europe and the Middle East are trying to get Son Heung-min's signature on a free contract, the possibility of Son Heung-min transfer was raised considering the contract situation with Tottenham.'
In addition, there were reports that Tottenham officials wanted Son to keep him at the club until his late 30s. However, Son Heung-min is not happy due to uncertainty about the long-term future. The agreement between all parties has not been reached either," he reported.
"This issue should have been resolved three to four months ago," Tottenham scout Brian King told Tottenham Hotspur News on the 25th. That's absurd. Son Heung-min is a talented player who devoted his soccer career to Tottenham. No player has performed better since he joined TottenhamHe strongly criticized Tottenham for not deciding Son Heung-min's future.
King then said "If you look at the way Son Heung-min has played recently, it's questionable whether he is 100% still at Tottenham. Because if I were Son Heung-min, I would definitely feel dissatisfied. "I'm not sure if Son Heung-min is happy now. Son Heung-min's play is also adversely affected due to the contract situation."
From Son Heung-min's point of view, it is inevitably frustrating. Nothing is being decided. Currently, Tottenham have a clause that allows them to extend their contract with Son for another year and are preparing to invoke it.
Fabrizio Romano, an expert in the European transfer market, said on Give Me Sports in England on the 23rd, `Tottenham is still expected to trigger a one-year extension and keep Son Heung-min until 2026. Because this part is always important, it is the atmosphere inside Tottenham that has been waiting for official action since October."
Reporter Romano and other transfer market experts have also been reporting since early last month that Tottenham will trigger a one-year extension. England's The Athletic also announced on the 25th that `Son Heung-min and Ben Davies are close to the final six months of their contract, but Tottenham will issue a one-year extension for the two players"and once again put out the same report.
However, Tottenham did not trigger a one-year extension until 2025 was just around the corner. That doesn't mean Tottenham handed over the contract renewal proposal. In September, Son Heung-min said directly that he had not received an offer from Tottenham to renew his contract.
Son Heung-min naturally has no choice but to be dissatisfied as Tottenham has no offer to renew the contract and does not trigger a one-year extension. Now Son Heung-min can freely negotiate with other clubs from 2025, but it is not very meaningful. This is because even if you find an agreement with other clubs, if Tottenham suddenly invokes a one-year extension, the previous negotiations will be useless.
It is also questionable whether Tottenham really wants to hold Son Heung-min. When Harry Kane tried to leave for Bayern Munich, Tottenham prepared an unprecedented offer to double the annual salary, but no action is being taken at the time Son Heung-min's contract expires.
In this situation, rumors of Son Heung-min's refusal to renew his contract are also rising again. The British Evening Standard said on the 28th of last month "Tottenham will issue a one-year extension to leave Son at Tottenham if he does not sign a long-term contract." it was once reported.
This was in a completely different context from the local reports on Son Heung-min and Tottenham that have been released so far. To sum up the reports so far, the news was mainly that Tottenham decided to invoke a one-year extension clause over the future of Son Heung-min, not renewing his contract. Son Heung-min wants to renew his contract, but he doesn't want it at Tottenham.
However, what the Evening Standard said was the information that Tottenham would trigger a one-year extension because Son Heung-min refused to renew the contract he was offered by Tottenham. Therefore, it can be interpreted that the renewal negotiations between Son Heung-min and Tottenham are not taking place as desired. Reporter Dan Kilpatrick, who delivered the news, is also considered a very good reporter for Tottenham's internal news, so it is not easy to ignore.
Therefore, speculation was raised that the reason why Tottenham's one-year extension was delayed was to persuade Son Heung-min to renew his contract. It is speculated that Son Heung-min's unhappy theory' has recently come out one after another because Son Heung-min was dissatisfied with Tottenham's offer to renew the contract.
If the situation goes by without the two sides reaching an agreement, it is not strange what will happen in the summer of 2025. Tottenham also has no intention of catching Son Heung-min under favorable conditions, and if Son Heung-min does not plan to remain at Tottenham under the current conditions, it is possible to part ways.
Rumors of transfers to top-tier big clubs such as Barcelona, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid, which seem to be rumors so far, may become real next summer. How will Son Heung-min and Tottenham end. The signs that come out so far don't seem to get along so well.
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