3 Tottenham players on thin ice before the summer transfer window opens | OneFootball

Tottenham are approaching a crossroads, as they currently sit 16th in the Premier League and are staring down a sea of necessary changes in the summer. From manager Ange Postecoglou to some of the club's biggest names, nobody at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium can be considered truly safe after such a disastrous Premier League campaign.

But there are some notable names who are less safe than others. As the weeks tick down on the 2024/25 season, here are three Tottenham players for whom the ice is especially thin, already forming precariously thin cracks in the surface.

LW Son Heung-min

Son Heung-min is one of the Premier League icons of the 2010s and the main reason for Spurs reaching the 2018/19 Champions League Final against Liverpool. A consistent goal-scorer and creator out wide, Son was even a successful striker in the 2023/24 season under Ange Postecoglou in the first campaign without Harry Kane.

He actually started the 2024/25 season pretty well, but his play fell off a cliff some time around January 2025. Son has scored just two goals in the calendar year of 2025 thus far, and his latest injury absence is highlighting a sad reality that Tottenham may be better off without him.

There are clubs in Saudi Arabia willing to spend 50 million euros on Son, and with the forward set to turn 33 years old this summer, that may be too good of a deal for Spurs to pass up on. And for just around that same fee - and potentially even less - Tottenham could secure the signing of a younger, more promising, and arguably already more effective left winger in Bayern Munich loanee Mathys Tel.

CM Yves Bissouma

The future looks bleak for Yves BIssouma at Tottenham, as the center midfielder has already been phased out of a regular starting role in the 2024/25 season. Bissouma has started 15 games with 9 appearances off the bench, becoming a rotational player - and not a very effective one, at that.

Purely a minute-eater in midfield who fits a mid-table Premier League club better than one with ambitions of the top four (though, sadly, Spurs aren't even mid-table at this point), Bissouma hasn't even registered a single assist this season.

He doesn't do anything particularly well other than make some tackles and dribble the ball here and there. His effectiveness as a progressor is merely average, his defending his more serviceable than great, and he offers no real creative solutions to the Tottenham midfield. If Spurs can find a willing transfer partner, they are better off moving on and using the money on a real midfield controller.

CB Cristian Romero

Although Cristian Romero is one of Tottenham's best players, he is already antagonizing himself to Spurs fans. Everything is on the line at this point for Spurs, and the club need to find out who really wants to be here to build something. It doesn't seem like Romero is, because the vice captain said in an interview on the Tottenham grounds that he is thinking of a dream move to LaLiga.

Well, it's hard to see Real Madrid or Barcelona wanting a player who makes costly errors on a regular basis, undermining the clear talent he has. Romero recently delivered disasterclass performances in Spurs losses to Wolves and Nottingham Forest, further raising questions as to how much he actually wants to be at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium beyond 2024/25.

Romero isn't a priority to sell, since he is a very good footballer. However, he isn't untouchable and may not be better than backup Kevin Danso. So for the right offer, Romero is expendable, and he is one of only a few likely sales who could actually fetch a decent return on the transfer market.