Transfer War Starts! Expected Steps Invoke Unconventional Tottenham One-Year Extension Option. Levi and SON's transfer war starts now.
Jan 08, 2025
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Tottenham used a one-year extension option for Son Heung-min. The official announcement is all smooth. On the face of it, yes.
Tottenham officially announced the use of a one-year extension option with Son Heung-min on the 7th (Korea Standard Time), exercising the option to extend Son's contract period until 2025. Son Heung-min, who joined Tottenham in August 2015, has grown into a world star with us. A great player for Tottenham. I'm glad I could make this known. Son Heung-min also officially said he was happy to stay at Tottenham on Tottenham's one-year extension option contract.
In other words, Son Heung-min has extended his contract by one year until June 2025 and is a member of Tottenham until summer 2026. In order to move the team, there must be an agreement on Tottenham's transfer fee.
I have a question. At the time of Harry Kane's transfer to Bayern Munich, Tottenham desperately offered an offer to re-sign. It was one year before the contract expired. Harry Kane desperate to win. Tottenham could not meet his requirements. Chairman Levy's philosophy is extreme 'efficiency'. The best scenario is to bring in potential newcomers to maximize the ransom and win the championship in the process. However, Kane was always unhappy with Tottenham's policy. I wanted to win the championship with the best of my abilities. There is a collision. Tottenham couldn't convince Kane. The offer to renew the contract was also useless. In the end, Levy maximized the transfer fee through push and pull with Bayern Munich. At that time, the transfer fee was about 110 million euros (about 160 billion won).
In other words, a re-signing offer is made in advance to a valuable player.
However, Son Heung-min even applied the Boseman rule. The Boseman rule is the right of a player to sign a pre-contract with another team if his team does not trigger the terms of the contract with six months left.
If Tottenham had valued Son highly, of course, the option of a one-year extension should have been invoked six months ago. By the way, Tottenham saw 'Gan'.
It was a procedure to confirm Son's value in the market. In the end, the one-year extension option was not officially announced until Jan. 1. Naturally, Barcelona, Manchester United, AT Madrid, and Bayern Munich showed interest in Son, who still has the skills and marketing power of the top PL winger. In particular, Barcelona, which suffered from financial difficulties, was active in recruiting Son Heung-min to recruit players who were released as complete FA at a relatively low price.
Spain's El Nacional said on the 7th 'Son Heung-min and Barcelona are win-win. Son Heung-min has a chance to play in the Champions League, and Barcelona can secure strong wing resources and gain the power to overcome financial difficulties.
The problem was that the possibility of Tottenham chairman Levy sitting on the sidelines was zero. In short, Son Heung-min went through the process of confirming the 'product' by putting it on the 'market' through the Boseman rule, and when this confirmation was completed, the option to extend it by one year was officially announced as scheduled.
Usually, it is not common sense to not trigger a one-year extension option until six months before the renewal of the team's legend and necessary player.
On a cold note, Tottenham have secured the opportunity to sell Son Heung-min not only in this winter's transfer window, but also in next winter's transfer window. Tottenham Hotspur News said last month that there is a possibility of signing a two-year contract after invoking a one-year extension option. Rather, considering chairman Levi's tendency to 'Taengdoli', it is more logical to interpret that he opened 'Showcase' to maximize Son Heung-min's value and earned time for Son's transfer after confirming his value.
Son Heung-min is also likely to be aware of Tottenham's attitude. It is highly likely that he made behind-the-scenes contact with Barcelona's director Deku in response to Tottenham's 'interview'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
