Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min will be a free agent at the end of the season, but the North London club are not prepared to let him leave yet.
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According to Fabrizio Romano, Tottenham are prepared to activate the clause in his contract, which will see his deal expire in the summer of 2026 instead. According to the Italian journalist, the process has already started and it remains to be seen whether the two parties can get the deal done.
Romano wrote on X: “Tottenham have started the process to activate the clause to extend Heung-min Son’s contract until June 2026. At least one more season for Son at Spurs, this is the plan of the club”.
Son has been a key player for Tottenham since joining the club and it makes sense to hold onto him for now. Even though he is in his 30s, he could still be a very valuable member of the squad. Tottenham will need his experience and quality in the final third, and the South Korean will hope to help his side win a trophy soon.
The 32-year-old currently earns £190,000 a week and the one-year extension will not come with a pay rise. There have been rumours of a longer deal in recent months and it remains to be seen how the situation unfolds.
Tottenham are probably not keen on offering him a long-term contract given his age, and it will be interesting to see how the player reacts to that. He has been an incredible performer for Tottenham since joining the club, and this could be his final opportunity to bag a lucrative contract.
The player has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia as well, and they might be able to offer him more money compared to Tottenham.
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David Coote has been suspended by the PGMOL and FA, after a viral cocaine video incident.
Premier League referee David Coote has been caught up in a fresh controversy. Coote is already under investigation by the PGMOL and the FA after a video of him allegedly making derogatory remarks about Liverpool and their former manager Jurgen Klopp went viral on the internet. Now he faces more controversy after The Sun shared footage of him snorting white powder, alleged to be cocaine.
The incident allegedly took place during Euro 2024, where he was on duty. In the viral video, a man, alleged to be Coote, can be seen using a US dollar bank note to snort a line of white powder.
According to the report, the video was taken on July 6, a day after Coote was a support VAR official for the Euro 2024 quarter-final between Spain and Germany. He is alleged to have taken the video himself in his hotel and then he sent it to a friend.
“We are aware of the allegations and are taking them very seriously. David Coote remains suspended pending a full investigation. David’s welfare continues to be of utmost importance to us and we are committed to providing him with the ongoing necessary support he needs through this period”, a PGMOL spokesperson said.
The goalkeeper points to India’s second-half performance as they try to avoid ending 2024 without a win, which will be a first since 2014
Kolkata: It is a first since 2014 that India will look to avoid – ending a year without a win. The last time that happened the senior national football team played only two matches. In 2024, they have played 10, of which four ended in draws. Monday’s friendly against Malaysia is India’s only chance to change that.
India can, if they use last month’s 1-1 draw against Vietnam as a reference, said goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. “Especially how we played in the second half. We need to take the same understanding, the same energy,” the India No.1 said during a virtual media interaction on Wednesday.
The draw in Nam Dinh City was the first all year against a higher-ranked team (Vietnam were 116 and India 126 when the teams met). Second-best in the first half, where Sandhu saved a penalty, India created a number of chances before Farukh Choudhary equalised by lobbing the Vietnam goalkeeper.
At 33, Rahul Bheke is the oldest in the squad named by head coach Manolo Marquez for the match in Hyderabad. But with 75 caps in a 13-year international career, Sandhu, 32, is the most experienced. He drew on that to say that while the past cannot be changed, “there was a point when we were winning games. This too happens. It is how you deal with it that is important.”
During Stephen Constantine’s second stint as head coach, India had a 13-match unbeaten run from June 2016 to March 2018.
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