Alan Hutton is confident that Tottenham will soon activate the option to extend Son Heung-min’s contract by one year.
Son’s current deal at Spurs runs out in 2025 but Tottenham do have an option to extend the deal by a further year.
The 31-year-old continues to be linked with a move away from the North London club, with TEAMtalk suggesting a couple of weeks ago that Al-Ittihad could make a big-money move for the Tottenham man if they cannot push through a deal for Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
However, Son has emphatically denied those rumours, insisting that he has no intention of leaving the Premier League at this stage of his career (The Mirror).
Several outlets have reported over the last few months that the North London club plan on first activating the option to extend the South Koean’s contract until 2026 before opening talks with him this summer about a new long-term deal (The Athletic).
Hutton is confident that the option will be exercised by Spurs sooner rather than later.
When asked about Son’s future and the clause in his contract, the former Tottenham right-back told Football Insider: “I think the club has put the clause in his contract to safeguard them. They’ll go and take that option up. It’s happening, 100%.
“He’s huge for Spurs. That will give you two seasons – and if someone comes in for him in that time, you can get a fee that Tottenham feel he is valued at.
“I think he’s still got a lot to give, whether that’s in the striker position or from the left. “We don’t know what Tottenham are going to do with the striker position.
“We’ve had the rumours linking them with Toney, and I don’t know how true that is. We need options. But Son is the captain, and to let him run down his contract – I don’t think it makes sense for anybody.”
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The only reason for Tottenham to activate the clause is to improve their bargaining position while sitting down with the forward’s representatives for talks over a new deal.
I fully expect the Lilywhites to tie the forward down to a new three or four-year deal before the start of the new season.
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