FOOTBALL: Real Madrid are watching Son Heung-min. Carlo Ancelotti considers shock move

With Real Madrid ‘watch­ing’ Tot­ten­ham star Son Heung-min, the South Kore­an con­sid­ers his future in North London.

The 30-year-old, who joined Spurs for €25m from Bay­er Lev­erkusen, has been a big hit at the club.

He has 136 goals and 76 assists in 341 appear­ances for Lillywhite.

His per­for­mance over the last 12 months also saw him share the Pre­mier League Gold­en Boot with Mo Salah in May and fin­ished 11th in the Bal­lon d’Or last week.

How­ev­er, accord­ing to Ger­man media SPORT1, Real Madrid boss Car­lo Ancelot­ti is “keep­ing an eye out” and is “care­ful­ly con­sid­er­ing” his next career.

Son’s cur­rent con­tract with Tot­ten­ham does not expire until the end of the 2024/25 season.

But he’s in his 30s and real­izes it’s time to move to a big­ger club.

He has had sev­en sen­sa­tion­al years at Tot­ten­ham but has yet to win a major tro­phy at the club.

He has reached the final twice, los­ing the Cham­pi­ons League final to Liv­er­pool in 2019 and the Carabao Cup final to Man­ches­ter City in 2021.

And recent­ly he’s been hav­ing a tough time under Anto­nio Conte.

Spurs, who had their best start in the Pre­mier League, were beat­en by Arse­nal, Man­ches­ter Unit­ed and Newcastle.

The three-game los­ing streak leaves them five points behind the Gun­ners, but they also played more games.

Son, mean­while, has five goals and two assists in all com­pe­ti­tions so far this season.

How­ev­er, all three of his league goals came in the same game, scor­ing a hat-trick in a 6–2 vic­to­ry over Leicester.