Tottenham failed, SON tied up. Tottenham officially announced, Son Heung-min confirmed a one-year extension, and Barcelona FA transfer plan was canceled

Jan 07, 2025

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Son Heung-min (33)'s 'Taltenham Plan' was eventually postponed a year later.

Tottenham Hotspur, which had been quietly watching the market situation, officially announced that it eventually activated the option to extend the contract for Son Heung-min.

Tottenham announced on its official channel on the 7th (Korea time) that it would launch a one-year extension option with Son Heung-min. As a result, Son Heung-min will play for Tottenham until June 2026. At the same time, rumors of a transfer to Barcelona, which had been actively raised recently, ended up as a simple rumor. It is very unlikely that Barcelona, which is in a tight financial situation, will recruit Son Heung-min even while paying the transfer fee.

Clubs that initially showed interest in Son Heung-min across Europe, including Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Galatasaray, were expecting Son Heung-min as a free agent. It is a great merit to be able to take Son Heung-min, a special winger with a career as an EPL top scorer, without any burden of transfer fees.

This situation happened because Tottenham continued to remain silent about Son Heung-min's future.

Son Heung-min has been a star player at Tottenham for the past 10 years. However, the expiration of the contract is just around the corner. It was originally due in June 2025. Therefore, since the end of the 2023-2024 season, reports have been made from local media in the UK that Tottenham will extend Son Heung-min's contract since the summer of last year.

But Tottenham didn't move. The 2024-2025 season opens, and he has not signed a new contract with Son Heung-min until almost 2024. Tottenham were reluctant to sign a long-term contract because Son Heung-min was about to enter his mid-30s.

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In particular, Tottenham even had an option to extend the contract for one year. Fabrizio Romano, a reporter familiar with the European transfer market, revealed this at the end of last year and said that `Tottenham has decided to use an extension option for Son Heung-min.'

However, Tottenham continued to postpone its official announcement. There was even an interpretation that Son Heung-min might become a FA at the time of January 1st when the `Bossman Rule' is activated as the year has passed. In fact, other clubs' specific interest in Son Heung-min has grown since January 1. This is because Tottenham did not make an accurate position on the use of options, and it was accepted as if Son Heung-min had become an FA.

As time went by, the link between Son Heung-min and Barcelona gained convincing power. British media such as The Sun and Daily Mail also made headlines about Son Heung-min's possibility of going to Barcelona, mentioning the possibility of a major transfer.

Tottenham, however, were watching the whole situation and timing it. First of all, I confirmed the interest of other clubs, especially Barcelona, in Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min, who has no transfer fee, is still an attractive product.

Instead, if there is a transfer fee, the story is different. Tottenham bought time by keeping Son Heung-min tied for another year. Based on this, we can discuss renewing the contract based on Son Heung-min's performance, or we can sell it for a transfer fee. Looking at Tottenham's attitude so far, it is more likely to sell it for a transfer fee rather than renewing the contract.

Announcing the activation of the option, the Tottenham club said it was pleased to announce that it exercised an option to extend it until the summer of 2026 with Son Heung-min "Sonny, 32, joined the club in August 2015, became a world star during his time with us, and was a great Tottenham Hotspur player." It's just a good thing to hear. It's not how you treat a great player. Tottenham are only looking at gains and losses from start to finish. Son Heung-min is just tied up.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.