'Shock' Son Heung-min Explodes Discontent with Tottenham?..."No re-contract negotiations" → "Unbelievable club"
'Shock' Son Heung-min Explodes Discontent with Tottenham?..."No re-contract negotiations" → "Unbelievable club"
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Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min has begun to express dissatisfaction with the club's attitude.
Spurs News, which delivers the news of Tottenham, said on the 7th (Korea Standard Time) that Son Heung-min was not happy with the club's position, saying Tottenham could not trust Tottenham's attitude toward the new contract.
The media reported, "Tottenham's current attitude on whether to offer Son a new contract has left Son quite unhappy. Son has entered his last contract period at Tottenham. The club has an option to extend it until the summer of 2026, but it has not activated it."
He added, "He is the second longest-staying player at Tottenham after Ben Davies. He is in his 10th season. However, Tottenham is key in deciding whether to join him in the future."
The media said, "Tottenham does not currently plan to renew the contract with Son Heung-min for a long time. Tottenham will issue a one-year extension, but next season will be his last Tottenham season. The new contract conversation took place right after coach Anji Postecoglou came in last summer, but it has stopped since then and Son Heung-min is not happy with the situation."
Another British media outlet, TBR Football Reporter Graeme Bailey, said in a media outlet, "Tottenham had talked after Anji came last year. There was a contract discussion that summer, and Son was pointing to a new contract, taking over as the striker and captain. However, now we believe Tottenham is invoking the option of a one-year extension. However, Son's side is aware that long-term contract talks are not underway."
"I was surprised because it's been a long time, but Son Heung-min is not particularly satisfied with how this is being handled and what the situation is like. I can't rule out the new contract completely because it's Son Heung-min and Tottenham, but I don't intend to renew the contract right now," he added.
The media also said Tottenham is preparing for a squad without Son. In particular, Yang Min-hyuk (Kangwon FC), Mikey Moore and Wilson O'Donbert are preparing for his successor by preparing various talents on the left wingers.
In addition, the media said, "Dominique Solanke, Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson are all on track this season," adding that Son Heung-min's shadow is also being erased from the offense.
Bailey said, "From Tottenham's point of view, they are more pressing than Mohamed Salah. Does he need another contract just because he is old? From a business point of view, Tottenham have to be realistic. They spent a lot of money with Solanke and Johnson coming and Kulusevski is amazing. Tottenham is looking at a path without Son Heung-min."
Furthermore, the reporter added, "Why should Tottenham offer a multi-year contract to an aging player when they are 23 or 24 years old like Kulusevski and Johnson and have young players like Mikey Moore, Veribal, and Gray? The way Tottenham is moving forward is clear. It's terrible, but if Tottenham fans can say hello to Harry Kane, they will definitely do it to Son Heung-min, too."
The news of Son Heung-min's one-year contract extension came out on the 4th.
British media 'Telegraph' said, "Tottenham and Son Heung-min, who re-signed in 2021, will expire in the summer of 2025, seven months later. The club has the right to extend it by one year. Tottenham just needs to inform Son Heung-min that they have activated this option, and the media understands that they are fully willing to do so."
"Son Heung-min is approaching his 10th year as he came to Tottenham from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2015 for a transfer fee of 22 million pounds (about 39.5 billion won), and is considered one of the most successful transfer market performances for Tottenham in the modern era," he reported.
The media called Son a "favorite" of neutral fans and said, "Of course, there must be opposition from fans of the team who find him unfair. Sometimes he does funny diving, and Arsenal fans cannot feel the warm feeling. Probably that's the atmosphere in North Korea," adding, "However, Son Heung-min is a player who goes beyond hostility towards everyone except himself."
"There is a concept that I like to play with a smile on my face, but it is applied disproportionately to non-white players, which is as surprising as it is. Nevertheless, the 19th-ranked player in the Premier League's total score is the default setting, regardless of arrogance, but it is difficult not to be warm to such a player. Fans can smell insincere and Son Heung-min's many actions never seem artificial," he added.
The media praised Son Heung-min for expressing his guilt after Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte were fired, paying a chef who cooked high-end Korean food for Tottenham's training ground staff and publicly accepting an apology from Rodrigo Bentancourt, who said Koreans "look all the same."
Reports of Son Heung-min's contract extension have already been rumors since the beginning of this year.
At the time, Tom Barclay, a British "The Sun" and Tottenham reporter, also said on SNS, "Tottenham is reportedly planning to activate their one-year extension option to hand over Son Heung-min's contract to the summer of 2026."
The British 'Guardian' also said, "Son Heung-min looked back on the contract situation after entering the last 12 months of his current contract at Tottenham," adding, "Tottenham reportedly has the option to extend Son's contract period by one more year and plans to activate it."
British media Sports Mall went even further last month, featuring Son Heung-min's competitor.
"Tottenham has also started recruiting 26-year-old winger Harvey Poir," the media said at the time. "Tottenham's No. 1 priority is to secure the future of legendary Son Heung-min." However, it is not a multi-year contract that fans want. Tottenham hopes to extend the contract period until June 2026. It means that it will implement the current contract option. It is no different from the Telegraph report.
Tottenham feel Son Heung-min needs management now and are looking to judge his future in the next two years soon. A lot has been done at Tottenham, but now the time for a decision is coming.
Son Heung-min, who is in his 10th season at Tottenham, is one of the best strikers in the league who have become Premier League legends as well as Tottenham. Since joining Tottenham in the summer of 2015, he has recorded 165 goals and 90 assists in 417 matches at Tottenham, 123 goals and 65 assists in 310 matches at the Premier League.
In addition, Son became the seventh player to score double digits in the league for eight consecutive seasons in the league. He is on par with Wayne Rooney (11 seasons), Frank Lampard (10 seasons), Sergio Aguero, Harry Kane (nine seasons above), Thierry Henry and Sadio Mane (eight seasons above).
Furthermore, Son Heung-min has achieved 10 league goals and 10 assists three times in the Premier League, becoming a player who has set a league record of 10-10 more than three times with only five players.
In addition, Son was selected as the team's first non-European captain last year, which marked the 141st anniversary of the club's founding, and is leading the team. Son is a natural striker and winger, as well as a captain who demonstrates leadership and exerts great influence over Tottenham's squad.
"I don't think this club (Tottenham) is a legend yet. I said I wanted to win the title at Tottenham, and I would be very happy to be called a legend of the team," Son said. "I came to Tottenham to win the title. I am looking forward to this season."
Due to the recent nature of modern soccer, which does not usually hold on to veterans who are entering their mid-30s, it is common for Tottenham to renew their one-year contracts even if they renew their contracts. Veteran players such as Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, and Jan Vertonghen have also sold their players as they enter the mid-30s, even if they can make good use of them until they reach the early 30s. There is no guarantee that Son will be any different. 스포츠토토
There have been reports that Tottenham is preparing to renew the contract, but it is one of the factors that will not lead to a long-term contract. It remains to be seen how much more Tottenham will maintain investment in the winger, who needs to adjust his playing time as he approaches his mid-30s.
In addition, Tottenham is trying to extend the contract period to leave the option of selling Son Heung-min to Saudi Arabia and other places without a new contract, making the club profitable as much as possible. Saudi clubs offered around 80 billion won in transfer fees for Son Heung-min last summer. If this plan works, Tottenham will use Son Heung-min, who was brought in at 40 billion won a decade ago, to make hundreds of billions of commercial profits and realize profits that are double the amount of transfer fees spent.