Son Heung-min (33) and Tottenham Hotspur's '10-year companion' are heading for the worst bad ending in the end.
It was already expected to some extent since Tottenham did not seek to renew the contract with Son Heung-min last year. Still, he had a glimmer of hope, but Tottenham were relentless. In order to reorganize the team in a new direction, it is said that they are trying to sell some players, including Son Heung-min, who is older and has a high weekly salary.
This is what British media Give Me Sports revealed on the 11th (Korean time) citing a tip-off from its own source. The media outlet said, "'Tottenham is considering selling Son Heung-min. Tottenham are carefully considering reorganizing their squad in the new era. The offensive team is trying to make a big decision.
In order to build a new competitiveness, Tottenham is trying to organize existing players whose utility value has fallen through restructuring and fill the vacancy with new players for rebuilding. To that end, Tottenham are currently receiving a lot of weekly pay within the team and are looking to sell Son Heung-min and several players whose skills have retreated significantly compared to before. Son Heung-min is in the middle of it.
Give Me Sports has Son Heung-min, Hishalisson and Timo Werner receiving a total of 445,000 pounds (about 800 million won) per week. Selling these three people will save Tottenham considerable money ' In particular, Son Heung-min's sale will undoubtedly be the most important thing. It depends on the interest of other clubs whether they will transfer or not,' he said.
It is a fairly specific and fully feasible story. Tottenham has been attempting to change the generation since many years ago, consistently selecting promising players in their late teens and early 20s. Matar Pape Sarr (23), Radu Dragusin (23), Lucas Beribal (19), Jed Spence (25), Archie Gray (19), Matistel (20), Yang Min-hyuk (19), and Mason Melia (18) have been intensively recruited in recent years.
It can be interpreted that Chairman Daniel Levy is drawing a big picture.
In order to grow the players recruited in this way, they must eventually put them into practice. However, if the existing players are not already sorted out, there is no room for prospects to enter. That's why he is trying to sell players who have not been able to pay, including Son Heung-min and Hisalysong and Werner.
In particular, the sale plan for Son Heung-min is already going as set. He did not renew his contract last year. In addition, in the January transfer market, Son Heung-min was prevented from freely finding a new team through free agency (FA). In December last year, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and AC Milan showed interest in recruiting Son Heung-min, but soon Tottenham triggered a one-year extension option and all interest was in vain.
Tottenham's belated announcement of the extension option is interpreted as not wanting to release Son Heung-min without transfer fees. If Son Heung-min is transferred from the summer transfer market after announcing a one-year extension, he can receive a transfer fee.
These plans are now becoming more and more outlined. As it happens, Son Heung-min is also producing a lot of scenes in recent games where he misses chances to score goals if he used to. His skills have clearly declined due to injuries and poor physical strength. He has only scored one goal and one assist in the last eight games.
Tottenham have no regrets. No matter how much Son Heung-min has performed in the team for the past 10 years, it's just in the past. He is a foreign player who can sell it if he believes he has lost his skills right now. This is the same as Tottenham fans' perception. When Son Heung-min thwarted his first-half scoring opportunity in the fourth round of the 2024-2025 English Football Association (FA) Cup at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on the 10th, calls for 'sell' were pouring in. In the end, the separation between Son Heung-min and Tottenham is only a matter of time, and it is expected to happen soon.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
