{"id":67124,"date":"2025-06-04T08:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=67124"},"modified":"2025-06-04T08:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:41:33","slug":"son-heung-min-set-to-leave-tottenham-after-10-years-at-north-london-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=67124","title":{"rendered":"Son Heung-min &#8216;set to leave Tottenham&#8217; after 10 years at north London club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Son Heung-min is \u2018set to leave Tottenham\u2019 this summer after becoming a key target for clubs in the Saudi Pro League, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean has been at Spurs for the last decade, scoring 173 goals and providing 101 assists across 454 games for the north London club.<\/p>\n<p>Son is a hugely popular player at Tottenham, having recently helped them end their 17-year wait for a trophy by clinching the Europa League title.<\/p>\n<p>But it seems that the Spurs captain is set to leave in the current summer transfer window after The Telegraph dropped a huge update on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Why have Spurs decided to sell Son Heung-min?<\/h2>\n<p>The newspaper reports that Son is set for an exit because Spurs wish to \u2018generate transfer funds\u2019 and \u2018reshape their squad\u2019 for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Son, who can operate as a left winger or centre-forward, is wanted by several teams from Saudi Arabia and Spurs are keen to cash in on him.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old only has one year left on his deal and Spurs would rather sell him now and generate a fee than lose him as a free agent in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Son conjured up seven goals and 10 assists across 30 Premier League games in the 2024-25 campaign under head coach Ange Postecoglou.<\/p>\n<p>He was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for 2021 and landed the Premier League Golden Boot in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Son has been crowned Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Season on three occasions and also helped the team to runner-up finishes in the Champions League and Carabao Cup in 2019 and 2021 respectively.<\/p>\n<h2>Son Heung-min left emotional after Europa League triumph<\/h2>\n<p>Son was left incredibly emotional after helping the club win the Europa League in May with Spurs\u2019 attacking superstar spotted in floods of tears.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Let\u2019s say I\u2019m a legend \u2013 why not?\u2019 Son told TNT Sports after the victory over Manchester United in the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Seventeen years \u2013 nobody has done it, so let\u2019s say with amazing players, [I am] probably a legend of the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is what I\u2019ve always dreamed for. Today is the day it happened. I am the happiest man in the world.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham boss Postecoglou also lauded Son, the club\u2019s longest serving player, after the Europa League final win over United.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ve had some unbelievable champion footballers at this club \u2013 Harry [Kane] is a prime example \u2013 and they haven\u2019t had a day like this,\u2019 Postecoglou said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I wanted a day like this for Sonny because he has done everything he can in the last 10 years to try and get this feeling and for some reason it hasn\u2019t worked.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Son\u2019s 10-year spell at Tottenham now looks set to end on a high with a trophy.<\/p>\n<p><span data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Gianluigi Donnarumma\u2019s agent responds to talk of shock PSG exit<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Martin Zubimendi raises doubt over \u00a350m Arsenal transfer after medical claim<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Rio Ferdinand reacts to Liam Delap snubbing Manchester United move for Chelsea transfer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spurs are plotting a major squad rebuild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":67128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[91,316,2275,35,29,300,2276,2277],"class_list":["post-67124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-football","tag-premier-league","tag-saudi-pro-league","tag-son-heung-min","tag-sport","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-news","tag-transfer-news-and-rumours"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Son Heung-min &#039;set to leave Tottenham&#039; 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