Tottenham to trigger Son Heung-min contract option in final year of Spurs captain's deal

Tottenham are set to trigger a one-year option to extend the contract of club captain .

The 32-year-old is and admitted back in September that he had yet to discuss his future with the club. "We haven't talked about anything yet. It is very clear from me," he said.

"I am very focused on this season. At this age, every second is like a goal, especially this season, we are in a lot of competitions, it feels like I am taking even more care about this. As I say, I am fully focused on this year and just want to win something that everybody at the club - the players, all around - deserves.

"That's what I'm working for. In the future you never know what will happen, but I will give everything for this club because it's been almost 10 years and I give everything. I still have a contract with the club which is the very important thing and I just want to give everything until my contract [expires]."

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However, the are now reporting that Spurs intend to take advantage of an option in Son's contract to extend his deal for a further year. The report states that 'only need to inform Son they have triggered their option' and that club 'fully intend' to do just that.

Son has become a key player for Spurs since joining the club from Bayer Leverkusen back in 2015. Only has scored more goals for the club than Son, who has netted 123 times in 310 appearances.

And manager Ange Postecoglou will be delighted by the news, having previously hailed Son as a "world-class" talent. "Maybe the nation he plays for works against him but I think he's a world-class player," Postecoglou said last season.

"You look at his record in the Premier League, the toughest league in the , his goal contributions irrespective of what his team's gone through have always been right up there.

"Even this year, before he left [for the Asian Cup], I think he was probably the best attacking player in the competition, just my opinion obviously. Certainly he'd be up there. He's a world class player."

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