It has been argued that Son Heung-min will sign a long-term re-engagement beyond extending his contract with Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham media Spurs Web claimed on the 10th (Korea Standard Time) that Tottenham is trying to extend its one-year contract with Son Heung-min because it seeks to renew the contract by buying time.
“Son Heung-min’s agent is dealing with the future of the player and has provided an update on contract negotiations with Tottenham,” the media said. “According to several recent reports, Tottenham will invoke a one-year extension option to extend the contract until the summer of 2026.
“According to some media, Son Heung-min was surprised by the club’s decision because he expected a long-term renewal. Saudi professional league clubs are expected to move to recruit Son Heung-min next summer, and recently Galatasaray (Turkiye) is also expected to move in January to recruit Son Heung-min,” he said on the recent situation.
The media said, “Tottenham’s push to extend its one-year contract is evidence to buy time for dialogue. Son Heung-min is committed to the project, and one official expects to reach a long-term contract renewal by the end of the season,” adding, “We will extend our one-year contract with our current salary for one year and propose an additional two-year contract.”
However, the media recently delivered an interview with agent Son Heung-min revealed in the Segye Ilbo and clarified that the transfer to another club was not true.
Son’s agent said, “The news that Son first requested the Spanish team or that he will go to Turkiye is all untrue. I haven’t finished talks with Tottenham yet.”
The Spanish club mentioned here is Barcelona. Since the fall, Spanish media have consistently appeared that Barcelona is targeting Son Heung-min as an FA.
Earlier on the 10th, Team Talk said, “Manchester United (Manchester United) wants to recruit Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen (25) in the winter transfer market next January,” adding, “As a result, Galatasaray wants Son Heung-min as an alternative striker for Osimhen.”
It was recently reported that Manchester United wanted to bring Son Heung-min as a free agent (FA).
Galatasaray is the most prestigious team in Turkiye and has won the most championships in the first division. It beat Arsenal, a prestigious team in the Premier League, in 2000 to win the UEFA Cup (currently the Europa League).
Team Talk said, “Manchester United currently does not have enough offensive resources. Marcus Rashford’s form has improved recently since Hoobeng Amoring took office, but Joshua Girksey and Rasmus Hoylun are still in a bad condition,” signaling that Manchester United will try to strengthen its offense by recruiting Osimhen in January next year.
Also on the 10th, British media Sports Bible also helped Osimhen leave Galatasaray in January next year.
Sportsbible expected Manchester United to give and take all the buyout amounts attached to Osimhen’s contract.
“Oshimen, who left Napoli (Italy) and plays on loan for Galatasaray, scored 10 goals in official matches this season,” the media said, adding that “there are rumors that Manchester United will recruit Oshimen by invoking the 70 million euro (105.5 billion won) buyout clause after announcing his revival as well as his active performance in Galatasaray.”
Striker Osimhen, who represents Nigeria, an African soccer powerhouse, has become the team’s main gun after wearing a Napoli uniform in the 2020-2021 season. 안전놀이터
In the 2022-2023 season, Napoli became Serie A’s top scorer and helped Napoli win for the first time since Diego Maradona’s era in 1990. If there was Kim Min-jae in defense, there was Osimhen in offense.
However, he was recently pushed out of Naples.
This is because Antonio Conte, the newly appointed “winning contractor,” saw Osimhen’s attitude and excluded him from his plan. Several clubs rushed to recruit Osimhen, but no one got Osimhen until the end of the Western European summer transfer market as Napoli insisted on his buyout amount of 130 million euros (about 190 billion won) for Osimhen’s transfer fee.
Osimhen, who was in an ambiguous situation, eventually left on loan to Galatasaray, a prestigious Turkiye League club, where the transfer market was open even after the new season began.
Galatasaray was happy to use a high-level striker on loan for a season without any rent. Napoli had to allow Galatasaray to cover all of Osimen’s expensive weekly wages, which was excluded from the plan.
However, if a club that pays a buyout or Napoli satisfactory transfer fee appears in the winter market elsewhere, Osimhen can leave Galatasaray for the first time in six months, and it also affects Son Heung-min.
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This was not the first time that Galatasaray was transferred.
Turkiye media “Contra Sports” reported on the 19th of last month that Galatasaray was in the preparation stage to recruit Son Heung-min.
The media described Galatasaray’s project to recruit Son Heung-min as “a transfer work that will surprise the world,” explaining that Galatasaray, who showed several major powers in the transfer market last summer, decided to recruit a world-class player, and the core of the project is Son Heung-min.
However, Spurs Web dismissed such reports on the transfer to Galatasaray and analyzed, “It became clear that Tottenham’s one-year extension of Son Heung-min’s contract was intended to buy time in negotiations.”
Tottenham’s decision to activate the extension option they inserted when they renewed their contract with Son Heung-min in 2021 without extending Son’s contract immediately is a choice to secure time for negotiations with Son on better terms.
Whether Son Heung-min, whose contract will end after the 2024-25 season based on the existing contract, will renew his contract has been a concern for many since the beginning of this season. A lot of attention has been paid to whether Son Heung-min, who will spend 10 years in Tottenham alone, will leave Tottenham after this season or remain a legend of the team while playing for Tottenham until the twilight of his career.
First of all, there are many big clubs targeting Son Heung-min, but first of all, the situation with Tottenham is sorted out. If Tottenham and Son Heung-min agree to announce a one-year extension, big clubs, which are widely rumored to be transferred, cannot immediately seek to recruit them as FA.
Furthermore, if he renews his contract with Tottenham, Son Heung-min will remain at Tottenham for a longer time beyond the 2025-2026 season and lead the team as a living legend.
