It doesn't make sense SON ↔ Tottenham's absurd plan to renew contract, and club legend should have already been resolved

Dec 26, 2024

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Tottenham's absurd plan for Son Heung-min also threw his tongue at the club legend.

Tottenham News, which mainly delivers Tottenham's news, said on the 25th (Korean time) 'Son Heung-min seems to be dissatisfied with Tottenham's uncertainty. The club plans to exercise a one-year extension option with Son Heung-min. However, this content has not yet been formalized. 'I don't understand why,' reports former Tottenham scout Brian King.

According to the outlet, King said Son Heung-min and Tottenham's renewal `This should have been resolved three or four months ago. It doesn't make sense. He is a high-quality player with a football career at Tottenham. There has never been a better player since joining the team. I'd definitely be mad. I wonder if his mind is 100% still at Tottenham. I don't know if Son Heung-min is happy at the moment. How many years has Son Heung-min been in the team. And he raged, "I've been a star virtually since day one."

Son Heung-min is one of the hottest players this winter. His contract with Tottenham expires at the end of this season. Initially, Tottenham and Son Heung-min were expected to renew their contracts for a long time. The tide has changed. It has been observed that Tottenham could trigger the option of extending one year to Son Heung-min. In the meantime, love calls from all over the world 'Big Club' for Son Heung-min poured in. In addition to the Saudi Arabian League, Paris Saint-Germain (France), Galatasaray (Turkiye), Manchester United (England), FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid (Spain), and Bayern Munich are reportedly attracting attention.

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There was a twist. British media Give Me Sports quoted Fabrizio Romano, who is familiar with the transfer market, as saying on the 23rd that Tottenham is expected to activate the option of extending Son's contract with Son until 2026. Son Heung-min is scheduled to leave Tottenham after his contract expires in the summer of 2025. Tottenham have the option of extending it by one year without offering any new conditions. Tottenham report that it would make sense to activate options to preserve values' Reporter Romano added, `Son Heung-min is expected to stay at Tottenham until June 2026. The team's internal atmosphere since October."

The media outlet said, "(Son Heung-min will take on more responsibilities, including taking over the captaincy after Harry Kane left for Bayern Munich (Germany). Tottenham manager Enze Postecoglou will be desperate to keep Son. Tottenham is in a situation where they can extend their contract without a wage increase. But by 2026, it will be a tricky situation. There is no guarantee that Son will perform at the same level until then,' he added.

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Son Heung-min is Tottenham's 'legend'. He joined Tottenham through a transfer window in the summer of 2015. 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 more than 10 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. 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.

In particular, Son Heung-min added two assists in the EPL match against Southampton on the 16th, building 68 assists on the EPL stage. 'Tottenham has risen to the top of the EPL's most assisted player in all time. According to the Tottenham website, Darren Anderton (67), who played in Tottenham's uniform from 1992 to 2004, has been the most helpful player so far. Son Heung-min broke the record as he built two assists on the day.

Tottenham News reported 'Son Heung-min does not seem to be satisfied with the way the contract is handled. Son Heung-min is one of the most important players of the club both on and off the field. However, this did not reflect how Son Heung-min's future was being dealt with. I can explain why he hasn't been at his best lately. Clearing up the near future can be a quick and easy way to do it.

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