Son Heung-min. yunhap news-Recently, the rumor of Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham Hotspur)’s transfer to Real Madrid has flowed.
Spanish media reported that Son Heung-min’s transfer to Real Madrid was “first priority for Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane.” Reportedly, Real Madrid targeted Son Heung-min instead of Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
Specific transfer fees were also mentioned. Real Madrid set a transfer fee of 70 million euros (approximately 93 billion won), and the Spanish media predicted that “Real Madrid will be able to transfer up to 100 million euros (approximately 130 billion won).”
However, there is no way that Tottenham will be willing to give Son Heung-min.
Spanish media added, “Tottenham’s chairman Daniel Levy is demanding a transfer fee of £250 million (about KRW 371 billion) from £100 million.”
Tottenham’s financial crisis is behind the transfer rumors.
Initially, Tottenham signed a renewal with Son Heung-min and Harry Kane. However, according to Tottenham’s 2019-2020 financial report, reported by the BBC, the loss alone amounted to £63.9 million (about 94.5 billion won). This is because the league was halted due to Corona 19 and the game was played without spectators.
In addition, the construction cost of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which opened in 2019, must also be addressed. It is Tottenham’s debt of £640 million (about 950 billion won).
Due to the financial crisis, Tottenham decided to temporarily suspend the renewal of the contract between Son Heung-min and Kane. The contract ends in June 2023 for Son Heung-min and in June 2024 for Kane. As there is still time left, the policy was to proceed with contracts such as Hugo Joris, which is about to expire immediately.
However, as the rumor of the transfer to Real Madrid flowed, he began to capture Son Heung-min again.
British media reported that “Tottenham plans to increase Son Heung-min’s weekly wage from £140,000 (about 210 million won) to £200,000 (about 300 million won).” The plan is to extend the contract period to 2025 by adding two more years.
Son Heung-min is showing off his skills at the peak of the 2020-2021 season. He scored 12 goals in the Premier League and 16 goals in the season. Together with Kane, it is the core of Tottenham. The extent to which British media emphasized that “renewal of the contract with Son Heung-min is the top priority of Levy.”
Director Jose Mourinho also wanted Son Heung-min to remain, saying, “I only trust Son Heung-min and Chairman Levy.”
Son Heung-min was calm. On the 6th, after the semifinals of the Carabao Cup with Brentford were over on the 6th, in an interview with a local Korean reporter in the UK, he said, “I have no other idea now. Only Tottenham prepares well and shows progress is the way to reward fans” .
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