What will Son’s future hold.
It was reported that Tottenham Hotspur will soon implement the one-year extension option attached to the current contract with Son Heung-min. The same article has already been published several times, but Tottenham has not made an official announcement, so Son Heung-min’s contract period is recognized until June next year.
If Tottenham recognizes the activation of the option and announces it, Son Heung-min will be able to stay at Tottenham until June 2026.
However, if this happens, the recent move to Spain’s La Liga big clubs, including FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, will be a waste of time. His future is expected to be condensed by continuing to extend his contract with Tottenham every one to two years until he retires or going to places such as Saudi Arabia that offer a large amount of money to Son Heung-min in his later years.
The Daily Telegraph, a leading British newspaper, said on the 4th (Korean time) that Tottenham will activate a one-year extension option for Son Heung-min’s contract and keep him at the club even after the 2024-2025 season ends. “The contract period is seven months away. The club has a clause that can extend one more year.”
He also reported that, as already known, the extension option is valid not with mutual consent, but with Tottenham’s unilateral notification of intention.
“Tottenham just needs to let Son know that it has activated the option of extension,” the newspaper said. “We found out that Tottenham is planning to do so. As a result, Son will stay at Tottenham for more than 10 years.”
Reports on the activation of a one-year extension option related to Son Heung-min have already been continuously released since June. Starting with Football Insider, a media outlet that is always interested in his contract, at the end of August, influential newspapers such as the Guardian, Football London, and The Standard also passed by once.
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.”
Most recently, it announced the news related to sports media.
In September, Sports Mall said, “Tottenham has also recruited 26-year-old winger Harvey Pois. Tottenham’s No. 1 priority is to secure the future of legendary Son Heung-min.” It means that he will accompany Son Heung-min for another year, but will look for a young competitor.
The British Football FanCast reported in the same month, “Tottenham is set to activate a one-year extension with Son Heung-min. The 32-year-old had an amazing performance, but Tottenham may have to say goodbye to him soon. Tottenham has a clause that can extend Son’s contract for another year, and they are preparing to invoke that clause.”
Football Fancast even went too far in expressing it. Son Heung-min is described as “the best source of income for Tottenham.” “It is certain that Son will keep the contract for another year to prevent him from leaving for free next year,” he said.
More than 10 media outlets are confident of implementing a one-year extension option regarding Son Heung-min’s contract, so Tottenham is likely to make it official within this year. Tottenham’s position is clear.
Son Heung-min is in a situation where he can seek another team without a transfer fee in June next year if his options are not activated.
In fact, Son Heung-min gave Tottenham hundreds of billions of won in economic power gains through free contracts after coming to Tottenham in 2015 for a transfer fee of about 40 billion won, so moving to other teams without transfer fees is not a loss to Tottenham at all. Rather, considering the credit Son Heung-min has left so far, he can let go beautifully.
However, Tottenham does not seem to intend to do so. It means that it will pocket money through Son until the end. It is engaged in a number of physical fights with Son.
Son Heung-min was embroiled in rumors of a transfer to large Spanish La Liga clubs such as Atletico Madrid and Barcelona last summer.
Even fans who cared about him supported his transfer to La Liga. However, there is one condition to transfer to a big club. Son Heung-min will leave Tottenham with free agency status next summer when he turns 33 years old. That way, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona can also take Son with an appropriate salary. It is not easy for La Liga clubs to pay Son transfer fee to Tottenham because they do not have enough finances except for Real Madrid.
However, if Son’s current contract is extended for another year, Tottenham will receive a transfer fee wherever they go next summer. Even if Son moves, the number of potential candidates will be drastically reduced.
After all, Son Heung-min can consider an option to remain at Tottenham after 2026 or to go to a club in the Middle East. It is not easy for a big club to take Son Heung-min, who is 34 years old in 2026.
Son is known to be offered a transfer to a Saudi Arabian team since last summer. Tottenham can also sell Son, who is in his mid-30s, under the condition that he receives a transfer fee.
According to ESPN and others, Tottenham’s proposed transfer fee is 60 billion won to 100 billion won. There is no such big hit. You can also earn more than 50 billion won when you bring Son Heung-min at a low price, earn hundreds of billions of won, and send him.
Of course, Son Heung-min can also receive a large salary if he goes to Saudi Arabia due to a transfer between clubs, not a free transfer, but if Tottenham receives a transfer fee, there is a possibility that the Saudi club will also cut Son Heung-min’s salary.
Son Heung-min has already received a total offer of 160 million euros and 240 billion won in Hanwha for four years at RT Hard, where Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema is active. Son Heung-min also expressed his willingness to stay in Europe despite such a proposal. He has shaken off twice the amount of money he has received from Tottenham for 10 years so far, but Tottenham has offered an option to extend it for one year.
Son Heung-min also seems to have changed his position on staying with Tottenham recently.
Asked at the Tottenham fan forum on Sept. 23, if he would retire from Tottenham, he said, “We have already answered this question. We don’t know our future in football. I still have a contract period with Tottenham, and it’s already been 10 years since I played here. You can’t imagine how happy I would be at Tottenham. But our future in football is unknown, and I’m just focusing on this season. All I want is a win.”
“I want to see all of you smile even if I leave this club someday, and I want to see everyone talk about me as a legend,” he said, adding that he hopes Tottenham fans remember him as a legend of the team even if he leaves Tottenham in any way.
Son Heung-min was asked the same question ahead of the UEFA Europa League match against Garabakh (Azerbaijan) on the 25th of the same month.
Son Heung-min had no choice but to say, “We haven’t said anything yet,” and that he didn’t talk about the extension negotiations with the club even though the contract was approaching its expiration.
“What’s clear is that I’m very focused on this season,” he said. “At this age, every moment is the same as the goal, and I think I’m paying more attention to it because I’m participating in many competitions this season,” he said, adding that he is focusing on his performance this season rather than renewing his contract.
“I’m fully focused on this season and I want to win the championship that everyone in the club deserves,” he said. “I don’t know what will happen in the future, but 10 years later, I’ll give everything for this club.” He said he plans to do his best for the trophy.
In the end, it meant that there was nothing to discuss with the club about renewing the contract. Son Heung-min’s fate next summer has become a very curious issue for soccer fans around the world beyond Korea.
Son Heung-min, who joined Tottenham in 2015, is a living legend of Tottenham, ranking fifth in the club’s all-time scoring, scoring 164 goals in more than 400 games as a member of Tottenham so far. It is a fault that there is no trophy, but there is a possibility that Son Heung-min’s wish to “win at Tottenham” will be satisfied as Tottenham is aiming to win two tournaments, including the Europa League and the 토토사이트 League Cup this season.
