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Son Heung-min, who is embroiled in rumors of a megaton contract renewal proposal, attempts to score his 11th goal of the season. 먹튀검증사이트
Tottenham will face Nottingham Forest in the 17th round of the 2023/24 Premier League season at the City Ground in Nottingham, England, at 5 a.m. on the 16th (Korean time).
Tottenham begins competing for rankings again. Tottenham was in 5th place (9 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses, 33 points), maintaining a 3-point gap with 4th place Manchester City (10 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses, 33 points). On the other hand, Nottingham is in 16th place (3 wins, 5 draws, 8 losses, 14 points).
Tottenham has had its ups and downs recently, but is rebounding from a bad trend. Starting with a 1-4 loss to Chelsea in the 11th round, Tottenham suffered 4 consecutive losses. Immediately after a 3-3 draw against Manchester City in the 14th round, they seemed to be shaken again as they lost 1-2 to West Ham.
In the round 16 match against Newcastle United on the 11th, Tottenham won 4-1, starting with Destiny Udogi's goal, Richarlison's multiple goals, and Son Heung-min's penalty kick goal.
Son Heung-min started as a left winger against Newcastle. He was replaced by Charly Song, who started as a front-line striker for the first time after his return from injury.
Son Heung-min, back on the left, dominated his side. He completely defeated former Tottenham teammate Kieran Trippier and scored the team goal.
Son Heung-min, who knocked down Trippier once in the 28th minute of the first half, helped U Do-gi score the opening goal. Ten minutes later he once again slotted a cut-back pass past Trippier for Richarlison's second goal.
In the 39th minute of the second half, Son Heung-min received a penalty kick from goalkeeper Martin Dubravka and succeeded in the kick himself. He scored his 10th league goal and rose to third place in league scoring.
With this score, Son Heung-min achieved double-digit scores for eight consecutive seasons, starting with the 2016/17 season. He entered Premier League history after Sadio Mane, Thierry Henry, Harry Kane, Sergio Aguero, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney. In addition, he added 2 assists on this day, recording 1 goal and 2 assists.
Son Heung-min expressed his feelings about facing his former teammate. In an interview with Sky Sports after the game, “Trippier is one of my close friends. “I had a great time at Tottenham,” he said, adding that he maintains a good relationship with Trippier.
However, “There are no friends during the game.” He also expressed his competitive spirit, saying, “I wanted to beat Trippier.” He continued, “Trippier is a great defender. “It was a tough game, but I am ready to play in any position the team needs,” he added.
Coach Anzhi Postekoglou, who placed Son Heung-min on the side rather than as the top player on this day, said, “Richarlison is currently in good shape, and center striker is the optimal position. He also said that over the past few weeks, he has noticed that most of the team's attacking opportunities go to players with more space. Son Heung-min is still the best striker. “I thought putting Son Heung-min on the left would give us more ways to score goals,” he explained.
As Postecoglou intended, Son Heung-min will challenge for more attack points as a left winger for the time being. Moreover, Nottingham is not in a good mood with 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 5 games. Nottingham's defensive balance is off, allowing 13 goals in 5 games, so Son Heung-min can aim for a goal in 2 consecutive games.
Tottenham recorded all 2 wins in the league last season, Nottingham's first season of promotion. Son Heung-min scored his 8th goal of the season with help from Richarlison in the 17th minute of the second half of the 27th round home game.
As Son Heung-min's megaton-level contract renewal news began to flow around him, his performance against Nottingham attracted even more attention.
British media 'Football Insider' reported on the 15th, 'Son Heung-min wants to entrust the rest of his career to Tottenham. Tottenham are also preparing to offer Son Heung-min a huge contract renewal. 31-year-old Son Heung-min has been impressed by coach Enzi Postekoglu's influence and has announced that he wants to play a key role in the team.
Previously, 'Football London' also predicted the target of the next contract after the renewal of Destiny Udogi, and Son Heung-min was considered to be subject to unconditional renewal along with midfielder Pape Sar.
Both media outlets predicted that Tottenham would exercise a one-year extension option for Son Heung-min, whose contract period ends in June 2025.
First, Football Insider said, “Tottenham will activate the one-year extension option on Son Heung-min’s contract, allowing him to stay with the team until June 2026. Afterwards, he announced, “Negotiations for a new long-term contract with Son Heung-min can begin.”
Football London's observations, on the other hand, are slightly different. Regarding Son Heung-min, "There is one year and six months left on the contract (expires in June 2025), but Tottenham has the option to extend it for another year," and "We will not repeat the example of letting Harry Kane go this year." won't Son Heung-min also declared that he wants to remain at Tottenham.
The 'Kane case' means that Tottenham, who failed to renew Kane's contract, ended up paying slightly less than 100 million euros (143 billion won) to the prestigious German club Bayern Munich last summer, one year before the expiration of the existing contract, to collect the transfer fee. It says that Kane sent it.
According to a report by 'Football London', Tottenham appears to be focusing on signing a new contract with Son Heung-min rather than exercising the option to extend the contract period by one year under the previous contract. This is because ultimately, exercising the one-year extension option has little meaning other than putting off homework by one year.
If this happens, Son Heung-min, who joined Tottenham in 2015, is expected to be able to play for the club for well over 10 years. Since the first half of this year, there have been reports that Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad wants Son Heung-min, but Son Heung-min has confirmed that he has no intention of going to the Middle East, citing the fact that he is the captain of the Korean national team.
If the contract is renewed, Son Heung-min's salary is also expected to rise. It is reported that Son Heung-min receives a weekly salary of 190,000 pounds, or approximately 314.5 million won. The annual salary is around 9.88 million pounds (16.4 billion won). Harry Kane is earning the highest salary since leaving Tottenham, and if he renews his contract, it is highly likely that his salary will reach not only 20 billion won but also close to 25 billion won.
Son Heung-min appeared on a TV program last summer and announced his intention to spend the last part of his career in the K-League. However, it is still difficult to predict what will happen to Son Heung-min's soccer career, but if this contract renewal is completed as assured by the club, he is expected to spend almost a lifetime as a player at Tottenham.