Son Heung-min (32, Tottenham Hotspur) received a harsh evaluation. As of the opening match of the English Premier League, local media doubted his performance and claimed that he should reduce his chances of starting the game. 먹튀검증
Foreign media Football 365 criticized Tottenham’s performance in the opening game of the EPL 2024-2025 season on the 21st (Korea time), saying, “Son Heung-min’s career is no longer on the rise. Son Heung-min was clearly an outstanding player at Tottenham, but now I feel like I have to say it in the past tense,” and pointed out, “Son Heung-min remains a useful enough option in Tottenham’s versatile attack, but now he cannot be considered eligible to start against all opponents in all situations.”
Tottenham drew 1-1 with Leicester City in the first round of the league at King Power Stadium in Leicester, England on the 20th. Tottenham, which led with Pedro Porro’s first goal in the 29th minute of the first half, failed to keep its lead until the end of the game. Jamie Vardy was allowed to equalize in the 12th minute of the second half. The team drew amid criticism that the rear build-up was not done well.
Son Heung-min, who started as a left-side striker and stayed on the ground until two minutes of extra time in the second half, failed to shoot an opening celebration. Dominic Solanke, who moved to Tottenham from Bournemouth this summer, started as a front-line striker, while Son Heung-min played as a left winger, his main position.
Tottenham gave Leicester City the lead in the second half. They failed to build up the team as easily as they did in the first half. Accuracy of passes towards forward strikers such as Son Heung-min and Solanke also declined. Son’s movements also slowed significantly. At a critical chance that came at the end of the second half, he lost the ball to an opponent due to poor ball touch.
Football London, a British media outlet, gave Son Heung-min a bad evaluation after the game, saying, “There were several flashing movements, but the color faded as the game went on.” Son Heung-min was given five points, the lowest score among Tottenham players (4 points), after Brennan Johnson.
Football 365 explained, “Son started 34 games in Tottenham’s EPL last season. He missed three games because of the Asian Cup, and he played as a substitute in his first game since returning to the club. Otherwise, he has always been on the starting list. He always played more than an hour, except against Newcastle, where he was replaced in the 58th minute of 34 games in the league. No other striker has even come close to his level. Son played 2948 minutes in the EPL last season, with Dejan Kulusevski trailing by 200 minutes. Then there’s James Maddison, but he missed a lot of games because of injuries.”
“Now this situation has to change,” he said, insisting that Son Heung-min’s chances to start should be reduced in the future.
Furthermore, media outlets also mentioned Son’s replacement. “Football changes rapidly. The sentence ‘Tottenham should replace Wilson O’Doubert without Son’ would have sounded crazy a week ago. But we must admit it now.”
O’Dober is a 19-year-old prospect winger wearing a Tottenham uniform on the 16th.
Football 365 is undermining Son Heung-min based on this season’s opener ‘one game’.
A former French professional football league 1 Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) academy, O’Doubert has the main position as a winger. He can pull off both left and right positions. His position overlaps with Son’s.
While with PSG youth team, he moved to Trua in July 2022. He has four goals in 32 matches.
He then moved to EPL Burnley on August 12, 2023, scoring a goal in October of that year, becoming the youngest league scorer in Burnley’s history.
O’Doubert has also been invited to France’s national teams of various ages. He did not make the roster for the Leicester City match.
Football 365 also knows that their argument cannot be made immediately. The media said, “The argument that Son should be excluded from the starting lineup based on his form is persuasive, but it will be considered when considering the next opponent.” Tottenham will face Everton in their first home game of this season. After losing 0-3 to Brighton in the opening match, Everton have no right fullback due to injury. Therefore, Son can use the game against Everton as a game to regain his form.”
