The possibility of Tottenham signing Son Heung-min’s contract for one plus two years has decreased. Son seems to feel burdened by his high weekly salary. The search for a substitute has already been completed.
“Tottenham is looking for a long-term replacement for Son Heung-min, who receives 190,000 pounds (about 340 million won) per week,” said “Tottenham,” citing the British “Give Me Sports” report on the 12th (Korea time).
Media outlets predicted that Tottenham will only issue an option to extend Son’s contract by one year. “The leadership of Tottenham is making plans for the future of the club from behind,” he said. “Son Heung-min is one of the players whose contract expires at the end of this season. Tottenham is concerned about Son’s high weekly salary. We believe that it is the most reasonable decision from a financial perspective to issue an option to extend the contract by one year rather than renewing the contract for a long time.”
In other words, the search for a long-term replacement will end. “The leadership of the club, which has the authority to decide on recruitment and release of players, has been working hard to find a substitute for Son for the past few months. Son’s decline and injury problems have affected Tottenham not to renew his contract,” the media reported.
Ademola Lukman will replace Son. “The leadership has chosen the Nigerian Atalanta striker as a substitute for Son. Looking at Lukman’s profile, he must be an excellent player who can replace the aging Tottenham captain in the long run,” the media reported.
Lukman, who is currently in his prime, is similar to Son Heung-min in that he has an explosive breakthrough based on fast feet and uses both feet freely. He also folds and shoots with his individual skills after dribbling. Lukman was reborn as a team’s key striker after wearing an Atalanta uniform in 2022. In the 2023-2024 UEFA Europa League (UEL) final, he exploded a hat trick against then-unbeaten Leverkusen and handed Atalanta the trophy.
Another great advantage is that he already has English Premier League experience. A former Charlton Athletic Youth, Lukman played for Everton, Fulham and Leicester City before joining Atalanta.
Recently, reports have been made that Son Heung-min will renew his contract with Tottenham for 1+2 years. Spurs Web, which delivers the news of Tottenham, reported on the 10th that “Tottenham wants to buy time in negotiations with Son Heung-min. Both sides will reach an agreement on a long-term contract before the end of this season.” 온라인카지노
Then, he expected Son to play for Tottenham until 2028. “He is offered a two-year renewal after activating the one-year extension option, and will continue to play for Tottenham for a total of three more years while maintaining his current salary,” the media reported. Son, who is currently 32 years old, is expected to play for Tottenham until the age of 35.
Furthermore, citing Son’s agent interview, Son denied all rumors of his transfer to Galatasaray and Barcelona. According to the media, Son’s agent said, “It is not true that Son first requested a transfer to a Spanish club or that he is going to Turkiye. This is because he has not finished talks with Tottenham yet.”
However, Give Me Sports has reported that Tottenham will only issue a one-year extension option instead of renewing the contract with Son Heung-min, and that it has already finished looking for a replacement, causing Tottenham fans to be disappointed.
The contract between Son Heung-min and Tottenham is until June next year, but the option to extend it by one more year is included in the contract. Until last season, the prevailing expectation was that Tottenham would offer a long-term contract to team legend Son Heung-min. Moreover, since he played as an ace in the team by scoring the most goals in the last season, a long-term contract seemed to come true right away. However, there is no news until now when the contract ends, so the possibility of realizing the contract does not seem to be high.
