Miss his dribbling & pace’: Ian Wright thinks £22m player is going to explode at Tottenham
‘Miss his dribbling & pace’: Ian Wright thinks £22m player is going to explode at Tottenham
Ian Wright says he likes the idea of Son Heung-min playing down the middle for Tottenham Hotspur.
In back-to-back games, the all-action forward has produced near-carbon copy finishes against Arsenal and Liverpool by darting across the penalty area like a red arrow before poking home.
When Harry Kane was at Tottenham, he had that central position covered, with Son Heung-min being used on the left.
Whilst Wright admitted that the South Korean star is missed out on the flanks because of his ‘dribbling’ and ‘pace’, he also stated that he can ‘score lots of goals’ as a central forward instead, as he told Premier League Productions (02/10/23 at 2:20 pm).
And given that Ange Postecoglou wants his forward players to press high up and dart around like the air inside a balloon being released, then all of this suits Son Heung-min down to a tee, with Wright backing him to explode.
“I think Son playing down the middle is brilliant for them because Richarlison can easily do that (play on the left),” said Wright.
“So, in respect of being in the box. We know that we miss his dribbling and pace. But for a low-touch striker, who finishes so clinically I think he is going to score a lot of goals this season.”
The 31-year-old has previous, so why not again? It could be argued that the £22 million star (FourFourTwo) has more of a chance now than ever before.
With Kane out of the door, there are more goals up for grabs.
Plus, in this attack-minded Tottenham system, regardless of what Spurs do, it seems as though they won’t stop scoring goals.
