One in all Jose Mourinho’s worst nightmares at Tottenham Hotspur may turn out to be a actuality in 2021…
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In keeping with Defensa Central, Actual Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane is ‘’ in signing Heung-min Son as neither Kylian Mbappe nor Mohamed Salah are prone to arrive on the Bernabeu.
They consider the Frenchman desires of signing the spectacular South Korean sensation however accepts that any deal would far exceed €100m (£90m).
Progress over contract talks with the 27-year-old have slowed down in latest weeks as a result of a change in illustration, however it’s thought that Spurs are ready to supply him a bumper £200k-per-week deal, as per the Telegraph.
Will Heung-min Son signal a brand new contract or will he go away Spurs?
He’ll keep, 100%
He may go…
Worst nightmare
Madrid’s curiosity in Son may probably throw a spanner within the works, although, particularly as Daniel Levy has beforehand famous a particular “partnership” with the La Liga giants after the gross sales of Luka Modric and Gareth Bale previously.
The £81m-rated left-winger has firmly established himself among the many Premier League’s greatest gamers in final 18 months, bringing house very profitable attacking returns alongside Harry Kane.
Certainly, Son has scored 16 targets in all competitions this time period alone, which in the intervening time is one fewer than the England skipper.
The pair have mixed for 13 targets within the Premier League, tying a long-standing top-flight report set by Blackburn Rovers duo Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton again in 1994/95.
They’re additionally three behind Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard for the report of lifetime objective contributions of any pairing.
12 of Spurs’ 29 league targets have come from Son too, in order that solely emphasises how vital his function is beneath Mourinho proper now and while curiosity in his providers was all the time going to reach given his type, it will function a chilly reminder that they’re nonetheless a way off the very high degree.
As Darren Bent advised Soccer Insider, an harm to Son may critically “derail Spurs’ season massively” and the identical needs to be mentioned if he’s in any respect swayed by the most recent switch curiosity.
Even in Kane’s absence final season, Martin Keown dubbed the enigmatic inside-forward a “revelation” on Match of the Day 2 [16/02, 10:45pm], which reveals that in some methods Son is of much more significance to Spurs as he has stepped up with out the prolific striker beside him.
We noticed how troublesome it was to interchange Modric all these years in the past – not one of the likes of Paulinho, Lewis Holtby or Gylfi Sigurdsson may fill that void, and maybe it wasn’t till Christian Eriksen’s arrival that Spurs lastly discovered that midfield playmaker as soon as once more.
The identical impact may definitely repeat itself if Son had been to swap north London for Madrid this 12 months.
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