"My goal is to finish Son Heung-min's Tottenham career with a victory."
Tottenham manager Angie Postecoglou was more pleased with Captain Son Heung-min's contract extension than anyone else. Tottenham officially announced the news of the contract extension on its official website on the 7th (Korea time), saying, `We are pleased to announce the news that Son Heung-min has extended his contract until the summer of 2026.'
Son Heung-min, who joined Tottenham in August 2015, grew into a global star during his time with Tottenham and shared Tottenham's great times. Since leaving Leverkusen for Tottenham 10 years ago, Tottenham's No. 7 Son Heung-min has played in 431 games (11th in the record number of appearances) and scored 169 goals.(No. 4 with the most goals ever) South Korea's national team captain Son Heung-min, who was appointed club captain in August 2023, has carved his name deeply into Tottenham's club history and scored many symbolic goals,' he wrote one by one, writing down the footsteps and impressive scenes that Son has had for Tottenham over the past decade after introducing Son's great career. Since Son scored in his first Europa League match against Karabakh in September 2015, he scored his first goal against Crystal Palace at Tottenham's new stadium in April 2019 and became the star of his first Champions League goal against Manchester City the very next week. Having also qualified for the first Champions League final in Tottenham's history in 2019, he surprised the world in December of that year with a goal that dribbled through more than 80 meters alone against Burnley. A year later, he became the first Asian player to win the FIFA Puskas Award for that goal. In the 2021-2022 season, he was the top scorer with 23 goals in the Premier League alone and also made a big contribution to Tottenham's return to the Champions League. Son Heung-min, who recently broke the Premier League record of 125 goals and entered the top 20 for the most goals scored in the history of the Premier League, added that this season he also broke Tottenham's long-running record of assists in a 5-0 victory over Southampton with his 68th assist.
Tottenham also introduced Son Heung-min's career in detail as the captain of the Korean national team. Son Heung-min, who is also the captain of the South Korean national team, has scored 51 goals in 131 matches so far and has played in Brazil in 2014, Russia in 2018, and Qatar in 2022. Son Heung-min, who is also the most prolific winner (four times) of AFC international awards, also won a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, Jakarta, and advanced to the Asian Cup final with South Korea in 2015.
Tottenham manager Angie Postecoglou was more pleased with the news of Captain Son Heung-min's contract extension than anyone else. Asked about Son Heung-min's feelings about extending his contract at an official press conference ahead of the first leg of the Carabao Cup semifinal against Liverpool, he said, `It's really good. He has already had an outstanding career in this football club. It's been a big part of the last decade. "It has greatly affected the club and the Premier League," he said after praising it. "My goal is to finish my career at Tottenham with a championship title." He made it clear that he would lift the trophy together.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
