Saudi Al-Ittihad, unable to give up on Son Heung-min, seeks to re-sign him this summer

by times news cr

2024-05-02 15:13:54

Al-Ittihad, a Saudi Arabian professional soccer team with oil money, did not give up on recruiting Korean national team captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham).

Nunde Galetti, a European soccer transfer expert, said on his SNS on the 2nd (Korean time), “Al-Ittihad is looking to recruit Son Heung-min to strengthen the attack,” and “Mohammed Salah (Liverpool) is the main target, but progress is being made.” This is slow. “Son Heung-min is emerging as a new alternative.”

This is not the first love call from the Saudi league for Son Heung-min.

Last summer, there were reports that Al-Ittihad wanted to recruit Son Heung-min. At that time, Al-IThad offered Son Heung-min a four-year contract with an annual salary of 30 million euros (about 44.3 billion won), but it was rejected.

After the friendly match against El Salvador (1-1 draw) held in Daejeon in June last year, Son Heung-min met with domestic reporters and said, “Money is not important. He expressed his refusal to go to Saudi Arabia, saying, “There is still a lot I want to do in the EPL.”

A year has passed since then, but Al-Itihad still wants Son Heung-min.

‘777 Score’ explained, “Al-Ittihad considers Salah to be their top candidate, but chose Son Heung-min in case negotiations with him are not successful.”

Salah, Egypt’s top soccer star, has received interest from multiple Saudi teams since last year, but chose to stay in Liverpool, as did Tottenham captain Son Heung-min.

Son Heung-min has 16 goals and 9 assists in the EPL this season.

Son Heung-min has only played for Tottenham since 2015 and is currently under contract until June 2025. There have been repeated reports in the UK that Tottenham will sign an extension to Son Heung-min’s contract, but there has been no official announcement yet.

Meanwhile, Al-Ittihad reached the top of the Saudi league in the 2022-23 season, but is performing poorly this season.

Karim Benzema, who was brought in for a large sum of money, left the team due to injury, and the team remains in 5th place out of 18 teams with 15 wins, 5 draws, and 9 losses (50 points). Al-Ittihad players include N’Golo Kante and Joao Philippe.

Al Hilal, which includes Neymar, is in first place with 80 points, and Al Nasr, where Cristiano Ronaldo plays, is in second place with 71 points.

(Seoul = News 1)

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