Son Heung-min transfer decision facing Levy's new managing director of football

Tottenham ace Son Heung-min has been linked with a mega-money move to Al Ittihad as clubs in Saudi Arabia look to make a huge statement in the transfer market this summer

Son Heung-min will be intent on making a fast start to the new Premier League season after such a frustrating past 12 months for the player. Playing a pivotal role for Tottenham at the end of the 2021/22 campaign with his goals seeing him win the Premier League Golden Boot and also help the team secure a top-four berth under Antonio Conte, it wasn't until Spurs' seventh league game of 2022/23 when he finally managed to get off the mark.

With the transfer window now open for business as clubs get their plans in place for the upcoming season, Son Heung-min has found himself in the headlines regarding a mega-money transfer to Al Ittihad. Following a number of high-profile moves to Saudi Arabia in recent months, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, more are expected to follow over the coming weeks with a lot of interest in Premier League stars.

N'Golo Kante's time at Chelsea looks very likely to come to an end with a move to Al Ittihad in the offing, with Wolves captain Ruben Neves on course to link up with Al Hilal in a £47 million transfer. Al Ittihad are reportedly said to be preparing a bid of £51m for Son, although the player is not believed to be interested in a move to Saudi Arabia.

Amid interest from the Saudi side this summer, Tottenham do have a transfer decision to make over their No.7 at some point in the not too distant future. Son turns 31 at the beginning of July and there is going to come a time where the Lilywhites need to find his long-term successor.

Given everything that Son has contributed in his eight years in N17 after registering 145 goals and 80 assists in 372 games, that is going to be some challenge for Ange Postecoglou, if he is of course still head coach by then, the manging director of football and Daniel Levy. In an ideal world, Tottenham will already have Son's replacement at the club when it comes time for both to finally part ways, although things don't always turn out quite like that.

Forming a dream partnership in attack with Harry Kane after initially taking time to adapt to the English game, the duo have been prolific in front of goal over the years and truly frightened their opponents in the process. Both will leave an immense hole when they do depart and Tottenham are going to have to replace them somehow.

As things stand at present, Spurs have plenty to do in the transfer market if they are to move forward as a club and challenge for a Champions League place once again after missing out on Europe altogether. Certainly not a pressing priority for them in the transfer market right now as a new goalkeeper, centre-back, attacking midfielder and other areas of the pitch need to be the focus first and foremost, Tottenham's incoming managing director of football will sooner rather than later need to start drawing up a succession plan when it comes to Son simply due to his age.

Starring for Tottenham ever since making the move from Bayer Leverkusen, hopefully there is plenty more to come from the player over the next couple of seasons before it is time for him to wave goodbye to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.