{"id":54917,"date":"2025-08-02T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/54917\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:12:10","slug":"heung-min-son-confirms-he-is-leaving-tottenham-hotspur-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/54917\/","title":{"rendered":"Heung-min Son confirms he is leaving Tottenham Hotspur this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Heung-min Son has revealed that he has decided to leave Tottenham Hotspur this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old was speaking at a press conference in his native South Korea ahead of the pre-season friendly against Newcastle United.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/tottenham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> decided back in January to trigger a one-year option on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/heung-min-son\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heung-min Son\u2019s<\/a> existing contract and extend his deal through to 2026 rather than discuss fresh terms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/spurs-news\/tottenham-kept-informed-amidst-latest-heung-min-son-to-lafc-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Son has been holding transfer talks with Los Angeles FC <\/a>over a move to the Major League Soccer side where he could reunite with former Spurs team-mate Hugo Lloris.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/heung-min-son-33222-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Heung-min Son Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-350893\" \/>Photo by Lampson Yip\/Lampson Yip\/Clicks ImagesHeung-min Son has requested to leave Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>Son told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/transfer-news\/son-heung-min-leave-tottenham-32181788\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football.London<\/a>: \u201cI just want to share information that I have decided to leave this club this summer. Respectfully the club is helping me with this decision.<\/p>\n<p>Having lifted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/europa-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Europa League<\/a> trophy with Tottenham in May following a 1-0 win over Manchester United in Bilbao, Son claimed that he now needs a new challenge.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt was the most difficult decision I have made in my career. The main reason is I have achieved everything I can at Tottenham. I need a new environment for a fresh challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came to north London as a kid. A boy came to London who couldn\u2019t speak English. I leave this club as a man. Thanks to all the Spurs fans who have given me so much love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Son is a true Tottenham legend<\/p>\n<p>After so many near moments when it came to winning trophies, many players decided to leave Tottenham in seek of silverware, but Son remained loyal to Tottenham and finally got his moment when he lifted the trophy high over his head in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Son has scored 173 goals from 454 appearances for Tottenham after joining the club for \u00a322million from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/spurs-news\/thomas-frank-breaks-silence-on-tottenham-captain-decision-amid-heung-min-son-exit-rumours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Frank is expected to hand Cristian Romero the Tottenham captaincy<\/a> following Son\u2019s decision to leave the club.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham begin their new Premier League campaign at home to Burnley on August 16th, three days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/uefa-super-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UEFA Super Cup<\/a> final against PSG.<\/p>\n<p>Heung-min Son (Premier League 2024-25)Appearances:30Goals:7Assists:9Big chances created:16Successful dribbles:1.0 (41%)Total duels won:2.7 (41%)       Have something to tell us about this article? 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