On this week’s episode of “The Football Reporters” podcast, James Olley, Rob Dawson and Mark Ogden discuss the future of Tottenham’s Son Heung-Min and wonder if it’s in the interest of Spurs to extend their captain’s contract beyond 2026.
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sell him back to north korea, his time is over. his brother jong-un would be delighted
Captaincy should go to somebody else because son doesn't need that extra pressure he just needs to focus on himself at his age
To be perfectly fair, winning one trophy with Spurs would mean 1000 times more than winning multiple with other big clubs. He chose to be the loyal guy so it’s the price he has to pay for.
So much nonsense said. You say Spurs will finish in bottom half of table – we have won 3 on the bounce and I will bet with anyone that Spurs finish top 10
Mark Odgen is a MU fan and Spurs hater – why have him on?
Age is just catching up with Son. As a coach I think I will use him strategically for e.g. play him the last 20-30mins where he can still use his speed to get behind defenders.
You speak for 22 minutes but without touching big points
-Son’s best friend at Spurs is Ben Davies
-Son not married – could be gay
-Son being a model and does not fit into the macho football world
-Son is the greatest guy outside the pitch and that is also his weakness on the pitch being too nice
-Son is very emotional – players know he struggles if thet are physical (3 red cards)
-Son not smiling? Would you if you were losing?
-Spurs revenue is maybe 20 % Son merc – they will do anything to keep him and those huge sales
-Son has been in the team losing final in 2019 and 2021 he did not step up in either – he let’s Spurs down in big matches (Kane has lost 3 Spurs finals)
– Son weakness is his heading but he has 2 good feet and is fast and great dribler
Son already said: 1) no to Saudi 2) will marry when he can focus solely on family
this has already been spoken before, Sonny's biggest problem is he is still with Tottenham. He needs a team that appareciates his quality and skills.
Son is older……like Salah.
But Arne (and Klopp in his later years…..) played Salah to his strength…goalscoring and playmaking.
Arne do not require Salah to help out in defend…..because Salah's stats on goals and assists ….allow Salah a free pass on defensive duties.😊
That mancity game is an outlier😅😅
Ange and other managers worked Son to the bones. Son get injury prone.
Said it before….Son should have left Spurs and joined Liverpool and play under Klopp instead of signing the extension.
Because at that moment..Bobby was on a decline and injury prone while Mane was ghosting that 1.5 years…..
Son deserve alot more respect. He tried so hard not to get injured because he knows the team need him . At the same time Ange play style requires him to run alot. Even defending. hence, he’s focus and strength drained so much. The team need to be like Gray, Ben, Bentencur who can counter forward pass to Son. That is his strength. Just like recent game vs Ipswitch. I really hope he will leave Spurs with a trophy. He deserve it.
He gets written off every couple of months yis never Learn…
We are playing as a playmaker with touchline wingers rather than scoring points this season. There are three to four key passes every game. Only when a fellow player scores can the offensive point increase. There are many things that fellow players can't score. Ange is not making use of Sonny to score points. Do tactics with an inverted winger rather than an inverted fullback.
Even if he's not their man on the pitch, Son is still their man financially. Dominating a market of a whole nation is a big deal. I doubt AIA is willing to double their contract in 2017 if Son is not there.
Son should move to MSL in the US.. There is a massive fan base for Son in cities such as LA, DC, NY..
❤ This is a great, fair analysis of Son. No bias. Accurate, & Brilliant! 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Sonny's only problem is that he's in a club that's not good for him. If Salah was in Tottenham, his form would suffer.
After everything Sonny did, the way the club didn't offer him a contract is very shortsighted. Whether he stays or not should be Sonny's decision. He earned it.
Sonny going to Byern Munich would be absolutely awesome!!!! 💯 Happy thought!!
Ange system runs Sonny into ground. Wish Sonny goes to Byern Munich & play with Kane & Minjae, & finally win 🏆 🙏
Spurs don't deserve players like Son.
Spurs could win Europa League and finish 11th in the Premier League (eerily similar to 2008 except EL instead of Carabao Cup)
The main point about Sonny, and these guys(and most of the commenters here by the way) are missing the obvious, is the load of minutes he's had to play during these last few months. Ange said it early in the season that–because of his age–they wanted to manage his minutes this season. But because of the injuries THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ROTATE THE SQUAD. Does no one see this? Playing a game every 3 or 4 games is insane for anyone least of all a player his age. THAT'S THE REASON his energy levels are down. See how much better he was against Ipswich??? Because he had a small window of proper rest!! Watch when he gets a weekend off and Wilson comes in. I guarantee you he will be back to the old Sonny. No, he's not going anywhere. A rested Sonny is STILL one of the best in the league. But the key is rotation and Spurs are finally being able to do that. Patience people.
Love this topic about Sonny i wish and God give him this season to win europa legue
It is a pathetic spurs fans that don’t give enough credits Son deserves. Son is still their best player. If Son played for a big club, he would still produce 20+ goals easily. The problem is Spurs is so so bad. He’s got at least 2 more years but he needs to go to a bigger club.
Son Heung-min has changed his playing style in different positions depending on the demands of different managers.
As a poacher, striker, winger, playmaker
Still he is making best goals production in the team.
What's amazing is that he has been consistently doing really well in the Premier League for 10 years.
By the way, this is the most thorough analysis. Prop to you guys. Spurs fans would not agree with this
You think Levy is going to let Son go. The cash he brings in is way too important.
He’s been good since spurs exited FA and carabao cup. I think he can no longer play two matches per week. He’s still got some left if I gets proper rest. He’s needs a successor who can off load some of his minutes when spurs need to play more than once a week