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| Son Heung-min (Tottenham) enters Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 12th. Incheon Airport = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2023.11.12/ |
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| The A-match warm-up match between South Korea and El Salvador was held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 20th. Son Heung-min is in the second half of the game. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2023.06.20/ |
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In June last year, a year after South Korea's captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) said he would not go to Saudi Arabia, there is no sign that the transfer rumors will die down.
Asked about the transfer to RT Hard at the time, Son said, `If I wanted to go to Saudi Arabia, I wouldn't be here now. I love soccer. Money is important, but playing in the Premier League is a dream. (Ki) Sung-yong said that Korean captains do not go to China. Money doesn't matter to me now.'
However, some transfer experts and media in Europe are still connecting Son Heung-min and Saudi Arabia, especially RT Hard. The main focus of the report is that if RT Hard fails to recruit Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), the No. 1 target, he can reach out to Son Heung-min.
Case Winnes, who served as Everton's chairman from 2004 to 2009, added. He said in a confident voice on the 29th (Korea time) through Football Insider, a British football media outlet, that going to Saudi Arabia will be a big option for Son Heung-min, who has not yet renewed his contract.
Winnes added "Saudi is definitely a strong option. Tottenham will be well aware of this. Son can get a huge offer for a variety of reasons." Winnes said in the same media a day earlier that Son's market value would still reach £100 million.
Winnes said "Trade with South Korea will be an important factor in the transfer. South Korea and Saudi Arabia have recently signed a trade agreement"In football, things that mean a lot often happen backstage, and attention should be paid to this." In October last year, the two countries issued a joint statement on how to cooperate between the two countries, including discussions on the summit.
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| Son Heung-min celebrates after scoring the first goal in the second round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup between South Korea and Thailand at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st. Sangam = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2024.03.21/ |
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Winnes continued "I think Tottenham will offer a two-year contract. However, going to Saudi Arabia will certainly be an option, he said, predicting that renewing the contract will not necessarily mean 'life'. Former Tottenham defender Alan Hutton also predicted that Tottenham could hear a transfer offer after triggering a one-year extension option with Son Heung-min.
Son Heung-min, who has played for Tottenham since 2015, will end his existing contract in the summer of 2025. The 2024-2025 season is the last season of the contract. Usually, an extension contract is signed before entering the final season of the contract, but no news of the renewal has been heard yet until June.
Local media predict that Tottenham and Son Heung-min will be in negotiations to renew their contracts behind the scenes. Football Insider has observed that it will sign a two-year contract on the condition that wages rise slightly.
Son Heung-min, who came to an end in a long season after an A-match in June, is slowly starting his return after a delicious break. Recently, he was seen kicking a ball with the public at a soccer field somewhere in Seoul.
Tottenham will convene in mid-July and start the pre-season in earnest, starting with friendly matches with Hurts (July 18) and QPR (July 20). After playing a friendly match against Vissel Kobe in Japan on July 27, they will move to Korea to play two consecutive friendly matches in the team K League on July 31 and the Coupang Play Series against Bayern Munich on August 3.
After facing Munich once more at their home stadium on August 11, they will host the opening game of the new season against Leicester City on the 20th. Son Heung-min exploded with 14 goals and 10 assists in the EPL in the 2023-2024 season. He has 120 goals and 62 assists in 303 individual matches in EPL.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
