Son Heung-min's FA is a big shocker. Is it impossible to transfer…SON activates one-year extension option, acts as a key member of Tottenham

Jan 01, 2025

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The situation is unusual. The future of Son Heung-min (Tottenham) is uncertain. The year of 2025 has dawned, but there is still a possibility that Son Heung-min and Tottenham will continue for another year.

British media Sky Sports reported on the 1st (Korea time) 'Who will be the player whose contract with Tottenham expires this summer. It's Son Heung-min. Tottenham's captain is expected to invoke a one-year contract extension option. He continues to be a key member of Tottenham, reports said.

Son Heung-min wore Tottenham's uniform through the transfer window in the summer of 2015. He re-signed twice. The contract 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.

While Tottenham was sluggish, interest in Son Heung-min exploded. In addition to the Saudi Arabian League, Paris Saint-Germain (France), Galatasaray, Fenerbahce (Turkiye), Manchester United (England), FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid (Spain), and Bayern Munich (Germany) are reportedly attracting attention.

Son Heung-min's movement is drawing attention from all over the world. According to the 'Bossman Rule', other clubs can sign a contract in advance even if they have less than six months left on their contracts with their current clubs. Son Heung-min is free to negotiate a transfer with other teams at the start of 2025.

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It's 2025 now. Tottenham News, which mainly delivers Tottenham's news, said on the 1st that Son Heung-min has become a player who can transfer in the winter transfer market in January. The debate over Son Heung-min and Tottenham's future is not new. He is expected to become a free agent within six months. From now on, we can negotiate with foreign teams. However, Tottenham has the option to extend Son Heung-min's one-year contract. However, if he does not renew his contract, Chairman Daniel Levy will be worried about Son's next move. In the end, Tottenham risk losing Son Heung-min within a year and a half. Citing a report by global sports media ESPN, the media said Son Heung-min is one of the players to pay attention to in the 2025 transfer market. It was argued that even if he signed a one-year extension with Tottenham, he could still receive attention (transfer market). Son Heung-min was frustrated by discussions about a new contract. However, it is also possible that his future will be discussed next season.'

Son Heung-min 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 recently added two assists in an EPL match against Southampton, 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.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.