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Tottenham manager Mourinho: Son wants to stay here until end of his career

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho believes Heung-min Son will be at the club for a long time to come.

Son is in the form of his life under Mourinho, along with England captain Harry Kane.

The duo are the main reason why Spurs are joint top of the Premier League with Liverpool.

As they prepare to face the Reds in midweek, Mourinho spoke about Son's future.

"No, I don't have any news," Mourinho said when asked about a new contract for the South Korean by reporters.

"To be honest, this instability around society, clubs and football...we have 2,000 people [in the stands], we are expecting more people, more income certainly a couple of weeks later, then 2,000 goes back zero people a couple of weeks later.

"I'm not a money man but wouldn't like to be an owner or CEO of one of the big clubs with all this instability. How can you sign a new contract with a player?

"You don't know what's going to happen next season, you don't know if you can offer the player a better contract. I think it's a very strange moment, I just trust Sonny and Mr. [Daniel] Levy [Tottenham chairman], I know both want to stay, if possible, for life and until the end of careers, so I see Son signing a new contract here, but I don't believe – I don't even ask – for something to happen now because it's not the right moment."

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