Ex-Spurs Scout: Tottenham must extend Son Heung-min’s contract
Tottenham News is delighted to welcome aboard our brilliant new columnist Bryan King, the former goalkeeper who spent six years as a senior scout at Spurs and 28 years in total in first-team scouting roles. Bryan also spent eight years on Everton’s recruitment team and 11 years scouting at Aston Villa across two different spells.
Tottenham should be looking to keep Son Heung-min at the club and offer him a new contract “without any shadow of a doubt,” according to Bryan King.
Son was named the club captain for the 2023/24 season by Ange Postecoglou and scored twice in Spurs’ recent draw at the Emirates against Arsenal on Sunday 24 September.
Only Erling Haaland has managed more league goals (eight) than the South Korean (five) after six league games, highlighting his continued importance in north London. According to The Telegraph (21 September), Tottenham are set to trigger an option in his contract which will keep him at the club until 2026 at the earliest.
When speaking about the 31-year-old forward to Tottenham News, King was very clear on what Tottenham’s position should be in regard to the player’s future.
“Looking at the squad of players, I would say it is a very important decision. He is 31, so I don’t think he would be offered a long-term contract, but I would certainly give him two more years without any doubt.
“He is a good player and he is proven in the Premier League. It is alright to say Harry Kane did this or that, but Son has scored a lot of important goals as well. He is up there with the top strikers at Spurs from the days gone by to the present day, and he is an important factor in this Tottenham team.
“He was acting like a captain against Arsenal. He was getting the crowd going, getting the players going and was involved as a captain should be. I think they should definitely be putting him down for a new contract, without any shadow of a doubt.
“You would get another two seasons with him, then he will be 33 and the Korean players are very good at keeping themselves fit, and he looks no different.
“I worked in Korea in 1997/98 and they work very very hard, they really do, and they have great fitness levels and energy. Therefore, he would be one that I would be looking to keep at that football club.”
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