Postecoglou breaks silence on Son Heung-min's contract situation

Even while facing inconsistencies this year, Son Heung-min has still accounted for 23 goals with 43 appearances across all competitions. The Spurs captain, who will turn 33 this summer, will be starting the last year of his contract after Tottenham triggered a 12-month extension to his previous one, which would have expired at the end of this year. Postecoglou was asked about a new contract after his extension for the South Korean and said he didn’t know.

Big Ange sheds light on Sons’ contract situation

Speaking in a press conference after the game, as reported by football.london, Postecoglou said that they had triggered Son Heung-min’s contract extension but there had been no other developments. The Spurs boss said it wasn’t the right time to focus on issues like this, saying that contract talks and planning around the squad would take place at the end of the season – “if I’m here”, he added, of his own uncertain future. He also made it clear that Son would be a part of the conversation moving forward.

The Australian further explained about Mikey Moore’s lack of playing time

17-year-old Mikey Moore emerged late last season and has continued to make an impact this season. He netted his past goal for the club in the Europa League along with an assist in the same competition, as well as registered his first assist in the Premier League this season too. He was sidelined for two months due to a virus last season, but still managed to have 18 senior appearances for the north London club over the past academic year. But he has not featured since February as he was subbed out at half time in subsequent games (Brentford in the Premier League & Aston Villa in the FA Cup). Ange Postecoglou has since clarified the reasons behind Mikey missing.

“We’ve exposed Mikey a hell of a lot more than I thought we would at the start of the year,” explained Postecoglou. “He only just started playing Under-21 football last year and he had some injuries, didn’t play a lot. It was kind of touch-and-go at the start of the year, do we let him bed in with the 21’s or give him a loan or keep him with us?”

“But my thing was ‘Let him train for a year, train with men, train in the first team environment and see how he adapts. At the end of that he’ll still be 17 or 18 and we can make decisions’, but he’s played a lot more than we thought. But he’s very much a part of our set-up in the first-team and he’s training every day.”

Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou now prepare to face Frankfurt in the decisive second leg.. a match that could not only shape the outcome of their season but also define the club’s immediate future.