Tottenham extends Heung-Min Son's contract until 2026 to keep forward at club

The South Korea forward and club captain's contract was set to expire in June, putting Spurs at risk of losing him on a free transfer after a successful ten-year stint in north London following his arrival from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015.

Barcelona were one of a number of clubs rumoured to be looking at signing him this summer, but the 32-year-old will now remain at Tottenham for at least another year.

Son has long-since been the top-scoring Asian player in Premier League history and is the third-top scorer of players still active in the competition, behind only Jamie Vardy and Mo Salah.

He has reached double figures in the top flight in each of the last eight seasons and shared the Golden Boot with Salah in 2022, but has found form harder to come by during this campaign, netting only five goals so far and two in his last 11 Premier League appearances.

Son has scored 169 goals in 431 appearances for Spurs in all competitions.

"We are delighted to announce that we have exercised the option to extend Heung-Min Son's contract, which will now run until the summer of 2026," read a statement on Tottenham's website.

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