What are you doing, Levi? Without Son Heungmin, I would have failed. I'm so embarrassed

Aug 20, 2025

What are you doing, Levi? Without Son Heungmin, I would have failed. I'm so embarrassed



Son Heung-min is the only player who made money for Tottenham in the transfer market this summer.

Matt Hayes, who works for soccer statistics media Transfermarkt, pointed out the direction of Tottenham's transfer market on his personal SNS on the 18th (Korea time). He added "This summer it was not widely known, but the club's ability to sell players is baffling again. Son Heung-min is the only player Tottenham sold, and Tottenham still have Brian Hill."

It is hard to say that Tottenham are in a bad shape when it comes to signing in this summer's transfer window. The decision to completely recruit Matistel could be criticized, but Mohamed Kudus and João Palinha's loan are receiving positive reviews. Takai Kota, a promising Japanese center back, is difficult to evaluate right away because he was recruited for the future like Yang Min-hyuk.
What are you doing, Levi? Without Son Heungmin, I would have failed. I'm so embarrassed
On top of that, if Eberechi Eze is recruited and only Son Heung-min's successor is properly brought as Savinho or another winger, it is likely to be the most successful transfer market like in the summer of 2023.




The problem is release. Tottenham's transfer fee revenue from the release this summer is only 35.5 million euros (about 57.7 billion won). It is the money earned by selling two players. Son Heung-min and Pierre-Emile Hoibier. However, Hoibier's departure was a fixed transfer under his contract with Marseille anyway. In the end, it means that only Son Heung-min was sold. If Son Heung-min had decided to stay at Tottenham, Tottenham would not have sold one player properly in the transfer market this summer. In the case of Son Heung-min, he also decided to leave for the team himself, so despite being born in 1992, he was able to receive a high transfer fee.
What are you doing, Levi? Without Son Heungmin, I would have failed. I'm so embarrassed
It is analyzed that Tottenham still has a lot of surplus resources even though Ace left. Yves Bissouma, who was ranked the 0th in release from the beginning of the transfer market, was also unable to sell it. Manor Solomon and Hill, who were likely to be cleared regardless of the manager's appointment, are still receiving salaries from Totner. In fact, in the case of Hishalisson, Tottenham originally tried to clean up, but it was tilted to stay as it failed to receive proper suggestions from other clubs.

Tottenham's release performance was a matter that was consistently pointed out as well as this year. Few of the numerous players who have sold since 2020 will rate them as being sold at a reasonable price. Except for Harry Kane, who went to Bayern Munich, Stephen Verwein, who sent to Ajax, and Oliver Skipp, who left for Leicester City last summer, it was not a satisfactory deal.
What are you doing, Levi? Without Son Heungmin, I would have failed. I'm so embarrassed
As he is struggling with his release, the vicious cycle of problems in recruiting additional players is repeated. This is because it is difficult to proceed with recruitment without any hesitation when malicious inventory accumulates. Tottenham is the type to manage the team's salary system very strictly, so they often hesitate to recruit players if they are not released properly.



Reporter Kim Dae-sik



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.