Son Heung-min and debuting undecided Min-hyuk...Tottenham manager is on the verge of being replaced
Son Heung-min and debuting undecided Min-hyuk...Tottenham manager is on the verge of being replaced
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Tottenham Hotspur of the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL), where Korean soccer "captain" Son Heung-min (33) and "future" Yang Min-hyuk (19) play, is falling.
Tottenham recently lost three EPL games in a row.
On the 19th, they lost 2-3 to Everton in the 22nd round of the EPL in the 2024-2025 season at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England.
He was dragged by giving up three goals in the first half alone, but only caught up with two goals.
The shock is even greater considering that his opponent was Everton (20 points), ranked 16th, who changed his coach to David Moyes due to poor performance recently.
Having lost three games in a row, Tottenham's winless performance in the league has increased to six matches (one draw and five losses). In the recent 10 matches in the league, the team has won only once (two draws and seven losses).
Since the 5-0 victory over Southampton on the 16th of last month, there has been no victory for more than a month.
Meanwhile, Tottenham fell to 15th place (24 points, 7 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses), near the relegation zone.
After sluggish negotiations, Son Heung-min, who extended his contract with Tottenham by one year earlier this year until the summer of 2026, also bowed his head.
He has extended his life at Tottenham to 10 years, but his performance this season is heading for the worst ever.
Son Heung-min also showed lackluster performance against Everton, which had shown strong performance so far. He remained silent as he only posted two shots in the 24th minute of the first half, including a critical chance to score.
Criticism poured in from local media. "He had two chances in the beginning, one time he hesitated inside the penalty box, the other time he kicked low, but he headed to the opponent's goalkeeper," Football London said, giving Son four points. "He did very little other than that."
Son Heung-min spent his golden career as he became the joint top scorer (23 goals) in the EPL in the 2021-2022 season.
Son Heung-min, who slowed down with 10 league goals in the 2022-2023 season, showed a revival with 17 league goals in the 2023-2024 season.
However, this season is on the decline again. He has scored only six goals among the half-point players in the league.
Son Heung-min is good at driving, but it is difficult to guarantee double-digit scores in the recent atmosphere.
It is not irrelevant to this trend that Tottenham's club chose a one-year extension option rather than renewing the contract with Son Heung-min.
This is because renewing the contract with Son Heung-min, a high-paid player in the team, is inevitably burdensome for Tottenham.
Yang Min-hyuk, a rookie striker born in 2006, who moved to England late last year and joined Tottenham, is also in a bad situation.
Yang Min-hyuk was assigned No. 18 in the first match of the Carabao Cup (League Cup) semifinals of the 2024-2025 season against Liverpool on the 9th of this month and was listed as a substitute for the first time since joining the team.
However, he was excluded from the third round of the FA Cup against Tamworth, a member of the "fifth division," on the 12th, when he was likely to make his debut in the first division, and his name was not found in the regular league match against Arsenal on the 16th.
Yang Min-hyuk, who disappeared from the list, was included in the bench list in his first EPL match against Everton, but he did not get a chance to play again this time.
Brazilian striker Hisharlisson and other injured people have returned one after another, and manager Anji Postecoglou prefers former club youth players to Yang Min-hyuk.
In fact, Mikey Moore, Callum Oluseh and Malaki Hardy were selected in the FA Cup.
The team's poor performance is also one of the reasons why Postecoglou hesitates to choose Yang Min-hyuk. While the team's performance is at a rock bottom, it is close to gambling to have Yang Min-hyuk, who has no experience in the British or European stages.
Postecoglou's position is also in jeopardy. Local media have already reported that if Tottenham manager Postecoglou is replaced, it will have to pay a huge penalty.
According to Football London, Postecoglou's penalty amounts to 12 million pounds (about 21.3 billion won).
Coach Postecoglou, who took the helm of Tottenham ahead of the 2023-2024 season, signed a four-year contract. 메이저놀이터
Despite repeated sluggish performances this season, the team's leadership has sent confidence, but at this rate, we cannot guarantee their future.