Jose Mourinho says Heung-min Son is set to become “part of the furniture” at Tottenham by signing a new long-term contract.
Son came off the bench to score for the ninth time this season as Spurs began their Europa League group with a comfortable 3-0 win over LASK on Thursday night.
Afterwards, Mourinho said the 28-year-old wants to sign an extension to his current deal, which expires in 2023, and the Spurs manager is confident that “sooner or later” it will happen.
“I would love [him to sign a new contract],” Mourinho said. “Son has three years of contract, so it’s not like we’re in an extreme situation of everybody being worried. It’s more that Son loves it here, I believe that he would like to commit his future to the club for a long time.
“Everybody at the club is totally in love with this player and this boy and is trying also to make him feel part of the furniture. It’s normal the club tries to go from three years to four or five or six, I don’t know. It’s normal.
“But it’s a very calm situation because Sonny has three more years of contract. But I wish [for him to get a new contract]. He deserves one. The club knows that and sooner or later, without any pressure, they will arrive into a decision.”
Son has improved in every season since joining Spurs from Bayer Leverkusen in 2016 and Mourinho said the South Korean is already operating at the highest possible level.
In what appeared to be a dig at other unnamed players, Mourinho also warned against chasing fame and “naive social behaviour” off the pitch.
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“He cannot do more than what he does,” Mourinho added. “Season after season after season, Sonny is showing how good he is.
“Of course, the better the team is, the easier it is for the players to emerge. But Sonny is Sonny and everyone knows what he needs to do now to go to the next step: nothing. It’s up to you to do that.
“Or he starts doing stuff socially and becomes famous and becomes in the big headlines because of some weird, silly or naive social behaviour.”
