Son Heung-min News and Analysis

Tottenham get great Son Heung-min injury news before Aston Villa clash

1Nov

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

Premier League

Tottenham get great Son Heung-min injury news before Aston Villa clash

Tottenham will face Aston Villa on Sunday in the Premier League in a battle that will be pivotal for a top four spot when the end of the campaign comes around, given both of these top sides competed for a Champions League place last season (and a Conference League spot the prior year). Aston Villa are flying high and are the favorites on Sunday, but Tottenham have star power of their own and have shown that they can beat anyone in the league, recently coming off an upset of Manchester City in the League Cup. It gets better for Tottenham, too, as superstar forward Son Heung-min, the team's best player, now looks ready to get back into the Spurs' starting lineup this weekend. Ange Postecoglou told reporters on Friday ahead of the all-important Premier League clash that his prolific ...

Ranking the 10 best players in the Premier League right now during the 2024/25 season

30Sep

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Premier League

Ranking the 10 best players in the Premier League right now during the 2024/25 season

10. Liverpool RB Trent Alexander-Arnold Honestly, I can't comprehend why there are so many amateur pundits who spend their days disparaging Trent Alexander-Arnold's defending as if he were on the level of a backup at Lecce when, in fact, he's an excellent one-on-one defender as a fullback. It's just that people can't seem to understand that an attacking fullback who actually tries to add value to his team going forward is going to inevitably get caught out defensively on occasion, with the frequency of those occurrences unduly distorted by an army of fail comp "artists" who clearly need a job. Alexander-Arnold is a better one-on-one defender than Reece James, who apparently earned a reputation as a superior defensive right back on the grounds of being physically bigger and having on...

Ranking the 25 best Premier League wingers of the last 5 years

29Sep

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Premier League

Ranking the 25 best Premier League wingers of the last 5 years

Ranking the best wingers in the Premier League is a task so onerous that it may seem foolhardy, because even restricting the time span to the last five years doesn't make the task even easier. How do you rank, for example, a new breakout star like Anthony Gordon against a fallen superstar like Sadio Mane? Where does a gifted footballer like Riyad Mahrez stand against a former goal-scoring machine like Raheem Sterling? I tried my best to be fair and account for the unique merits each player brought to the table and avoid any club-based bias. I also decided to discard players who mostly offered value at non-winger positions, specifically Bernardo Silva, mostly to make my own job easier. (Don't worry, I'll have plenty of nice things to say about Silva in other pieces.) Finally, I did...

Tottenham’s biggest star is becoming surprisingly underappreciated

23Sep

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Premier League

Tottenham’s biggest star is becoming surprisingly underappreciated

Tottenham bounced back from disappointing defeats to fellow top-four contenders Newcastle and Arsenal by taking down Brentford 3-1 in the Premier League this past weekend. James Maddison took center stage for Spurs, but the attacking midfielder was far from the only offensive player on Tottenham who had a big day against the Bees on Saturday. Left winger Son Heung-min, back in his favored position after the summer signing of Dominic Solanke, didn't score a goal but did register two assists with a whopping seven key passes to match Maddison's seven dribbles completed. Son is Tottenham's undisputed best player after Harry Kane made his 2023 move to Bayern Munich, and after a poor 2022/23 season, he bounced back in 2023/24 as the main man at striker under Ange Postecoglou with 17 goa...

The best XI of free agents in the summer 2025 transfer window

12Sep

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Champions League, Features

The best XI of free agents in the summer 2025 transfer window

From a trio of Liverpool superstars and a duo of Manchester City icons to Tottenham forward Son Heung-min, here is a look at the best XI of impending free agents in the summer 2025 transfer window. The formation utilized will be a 4-3-3 without a playmaker, as this remains the most common formation utilize by the top teams in European football. Contract expiry is based on data from Transfermarkt. GK Alex Meret, Napoli Alex Meret is capable of producing fabulous saves and is one of the best goalkeepers in Serie A, which just might have the most goalkeeping talent of any league in world football. Although Napoli's poor 2023/24 season has caused Meret to fall by the wayside in discussions of the better keepers in Europe, the 27-year-old is a top player in his prime who is capable of t...

Tottenham trio makes Alan Shearer’s Team of the Week

27Aug

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

Features, Premier League

Tottenham trio makes Alan Shearer’s Team of the Week

Tottenham had themselves a day on Saturday in the Premier League, dismantling Everton 4-0 to bounce back from a disappointing draw to Leicester City on Matchday 1. Son Heung-min led the way with two more goals to his impressive career tally with Tottenham, and while the South Korean superstar was, per usual, the star of the show, it was a team effort from Spurs to dismantle an overwhelmed Everton side. Alan Shearer released his picks for the Premier League Team of the Week for Matchday 2, and for their 4-0 triumph over Everton, Tottenham were rewarded with three players in the XI - the most of any team in the league this week. Unsurprisingly, Son made the cut on the left wing for his brace of goals, additionally drawing a pair of fouls as the main attacking inspiration behind the ...

EPL Player of the Season Rankings: Tottenham rate highly; Bukayo Saka or Mohamed Salah No. 1?

1Mar

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Premier League

EPL Player of the Season Rankings: Tottenham rate highly; Bukayo Saka or Mohamed Salah No. 1?

With 26 Matchdays in the books, it's time to take an updated look at the top 10 contenders to win the Premier League Player of the Season award in 2023/24. 10. Tottenham ST Son Heung-min Son Heung-min was one of the biggest disappointments in the 2022/23 Premier League campaign, as Tottenham failed to qualify for Europe despite a sensational season from current Bayern Munich man Harry Kane. The South Korean superstar has been back to his superstar status in 2023/24, leading the way for a Spurs side that still has an outside shot at qualifying for the Champions League under new manager Ange Postecoglou. Son has really stepped up as the main man up top, scoring 12 goals to place himself among the league leaders. He's been so effective all-around, notching six assists and an avera...

The 10 best Premier League strikers you need to know right now in 2023/2024

19Nov

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Premier League

The 10 best Premier League strikers you need to know right now in 2023/2024

Who are the best Premier League strikers right now in the 2023/2024 season? From the elite goal-scorers to the all-around playmakers, from the ones at title contenders to those in the bottom half, we take a look at the 10 best strikers you need to know right now in the English top flight. Strikers are not ranked but rather tiered based on their relative current quality and historic accomplishments. That means if a young striker is already in Tier 1 or Tier 2, they have already shown a great deal of quality at the highest level, whether that is in the Premier League or another league of note. Goals are not everything, so each section attempts to highlight other key stats showing a striker's impact. Tier 1 Erling Haaland, Manchester City Current Stats Erling Haaland has score...