{"id":868,"date":"2019-03-01T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T10:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/2019\/03\/01\/son-brushes-aside-bayern-rumours-im-happy-at-tottenham\/"},"modified":"2019-03-01T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T10:34:04","slug":"son-brushes-aside-bayern-rumours-im-happy-at-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"Son brushes aside Bayern rumours: &#039;I&#039;m happy at Tottenham&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Amid reports of interest from the German champions, the South Korean has pledged his future to his current side       <\/p>\n<p>Son Heung-min insists his future lies with Tottenham despite speculation linking him with a move to Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Son only signed a new five-year contract with Spurs in July but reports this week suggested the Bundesliga champions were plotting a move for the former Bayer Leverkusen forward.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korea international has been a pivotal player for Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s side over the past two seasons, his 26 league goals easing the burden on star striker Harry Kane and helping Spurs to consecutive top-three finishes.<\/p>\n<p>  <span>Article continues below<\/span>  <\/p>\n<h3>Editors&#039; Picks<\/h3>\n<p>    Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter    Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea &amp; Pedro impress in Spurs win    Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show    Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over        <\/p>\n<p>Speaking after Tottenham&#8217;s 2-1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday, Son said: &#8220;I recently renewed my contract with Tottenham, and I believe I need to focus on here to do more for the team. I&#8217;m happy at Tottenham.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Son secured exemption from military service after helping South Korea win the 2018 Asian Games with a 2-1 victory over Japan after extra time.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid reports of interest from the German champions, the South Korean has pledged his future to his current side Son Heung-min insists his future lies with Tottenham despite speculation linking him with a move to Bayern Munich. Son only signed a new five-year contract with Spurs in July but reports this week suggested the Bundesliga&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}