Tag: Heungmin

7 June 2025 Off

Ange Postecoglou: Tottenham captain Son Heung-min says Australian is club ‘legend’

By Total Football News

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min says sacked manager Ange Postecoglou is a “legend” who has “changed the trajectory of this club”.

Postecoglou, 59, was sacked on Friday just over two weeks after ending the club’s 17-year wait for silverware with victory in the Europa League final.

Spurs finished 17th in the Premier League after losing 22 out of 38 matches.

“Gaffer. You’ve changed the trajectory of this club,” Son posted on

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15 May 2025 Off

Tottenham: Son Heung-min files criminal complaint over alleged blackmail plot

By Total Football News

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min has filed a criminal complaint with the South Korean police for being the victim of an alleged blackmail plot after it was reported that a woman threatened him with a false pregnancy claim.

Gangnam Police Station in southern Seoul said it had detained a woman in her 20s and a man in his 40s on suspicion of extortion and attempted extortion, South Korean news agency Yonhap

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7 January 2025 Off

Son Heung-min: Tottenham Hotspur trigger option to extend forward’s contract until 2026

By Total Football News

Tottenham have triggered an option to extend forward Son Heung-min’s contract by a year, until the summer of 2026.

The 32-year-old joined Spurs from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015 and has scored 169 goals in 431 appearances for the club.

The South Korea international has 125 goals and 68 assists in 320 Premier League outings.

He was part of a Spurs side that reached the club’s first Champions League final in

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18 November 2024 Off

Rodrigo Bentancur: Tottenham midfielder banned for seven matches over racial slur about Son Heung-min

By Total Football News

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been given a seven-match domestic ban by the Football Association for using a racial slur about team-mate Son Heung-min.

Bentancur, who has also been fined £100,000, was charged by the FA in September after comments made while appearing on TV in his home country of Uruguay in June.

“Rodrigo Bentancur denied this charge, but the independent regulatory commission found it to be proven and imposed

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12 September 2024 Off

Rodrigo Bentancur charged by FA over racial slur about Son Heung-min

By Total Football News

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been charged by the Football Association for using a racial slur about team-mate Son Heung-min.

Appearing on Uruguayan TV in June, Bentancur was asked by a presenter for a Tottenham shirt, before replying: “Sonny’s? It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all look the same.”

Bentancur later apologised on Instagram and said his comments were a “very bad joke”.

The FA said the 27-year-old

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23 August 2024 Off

Son Heung-min: South Korea forward wants to become a Tottenham Hotspur legend

By Total Football News

Captain Son Heung-min says he wants to be remembered as a Tottenham Hotspur legend, but does not believe he can be considered that yet.

The 32-year-old is approaching his 10th year at the Premier League club and has made more than 500 appearances for them.

He has scored at least 14 league goals in each of the past eight seasons and struck up a fine partnership with Harry Kane before

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28 March 2024 0

Premier League fantasy football tips: Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland, Son Heung-min

By Total Football News
Alistair Bruce-Ball

The fixture calendar for the rest of the Premier League season is pretty much set so now it’s up to you to decide on your strategy depending on what chips you have left in the game.

We know there are seven teams with a double gameweek 34 – Arsenal, Liverpool, Wolves, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Everton and Sheffield United.

Tottenham don’t have a fixture in gameweek 34, which makes things slightly

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18 March 2024 0

Fulham 3-0 Tottenham: Son Heung-min says Spurs need a ‘big wake-up call’

By Total Football News
Son Heung-min
Spurs have only kept two clean sheets across their last 19 games in the Premier League. Only Sheffield United have kept fewer in the competition in this period.

Tottenham “didn’t put in the effort” and need a “big wake-up call” after their defeat by Fulham at Craven Cottage, says captain Son Heung-min.

Knowing a win would take them back into the Premier League top four, Tottenham were well below par

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