“Top-class Son Heung-min, ball-touch and finishing deadly”.
“Tottenham are ready to accelerate talks on a new contract to avoid losing Son Heung-min on a free transfer”, Gibmi Sports reported on June 6 (ET). Son is in no rush to sign a contract extension, but Tottenham will be desperate to keep him at the club.”
Heung-nim is currently under contract with Tottenham until the summer of 2026. He has an option clause for a one-year extension.
He joined Tottenham in 2015 and has been with the club for nine years now. Heung-min’s presence became even more prominent when Harry Kane, Spurs’ all-time leading scorer, left the club for Bayern Munich just before the season.
Kane, who grew up in Tottenham from a young age, is the club’s all-time leading scorer with 273 goals in a Spurs shirt. However, 스포츠토토 ahead of this season, he joined Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
Tottenham hadn’t planned to let Kane leave. But with Kane’s contract expiring in the summer of 2024, the club had to think about the number of cases in which they would be forced to let him go on a ‘free’ a year later. After a long tug-of-war, Spurs finally sold him.
After losing a Premier League and club legend, Spurs are keen to keep hold of Son Heung-min.
He has 13 goals and six assists in the league this season, becoming just the seventh player in Premier League history to reach double figures in eight consecutive seasons. His 116 career goals in the Premier League alone ranks him third on Tottenham’s all-time goalscoring list and 23rd on the Premier League’s all-time goalscoring list.
“Son’s impressive statistics show his importance to Tottenham,” said Give Me Sports. It also makes renewal talks a must,” said Giving Me Sports, emphasizing that holding on to Son is a must.
“Heung-min has been one of Tottenham’s key stars for years. It would be a disaster for Tottenham to lose him so soon after Kane’s departure,” he added in a dire warning. As is well known, Saudi Arabian clubs have been coveting Son Heung-min.
As such, Tottenham will likely have to offer Heung-nim a new contract in order to compete with the oil money.
Also, Son’s play has been praised.
On July 7, the BBC recapped Son’s goal against Crystal Palace. Son scored a 43rd-minute winner, his 13th league goal of the season, to lead Tottenham to a 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace in the 27th round of the 2023-2024 Premier League on April 4.
He rattled the net with a right-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area after a solo dribble through the Crystal Palace box in Tottenham’s possession.
“Heung-min got back into the scoring habit against Crystal Palace,” says the BBC. It was the most important development for Tottenham against Crystal Palace. ‘It is not surprising that Heung-nim has taken time to adjust to life back at Tottenham after the pressure of international duty, disappointment at South Korea’s exit from the World Cup quarterfinals and conflict with teammates'”.
“When hueng-nim broke Crystal Palace’s offside trap in the final minute of the game and broke through in front of goal, everyone watching knew he was going to score,” he added, noting that “in the absence of the injured Heung-min, Son is Tottenham’s only reliable source of goals.”
The freshman also praised Son’s performance.
Defender Mickey van der Vaan, who joined the team this season, said in an interview published on SpursWeb: “I rate Son very highly. He is a top-class player on and off the pitch. He always wants to lead the team well. He’s always looking to lead the team well, and he’s always sharp with his ball touch and finishing.”
