Spurs: Conte must axe struggling Son

Tottenham Hotspur will probably be trying to finish their post-break stoop after they journey to the south coast to face Brighton and Hove Albion within the Premier League this night.

Antonio Conte’s aspect have been held to a goalless draw by Bundesliga aspect Eintracht Frankfurt within the Champions League on Tuesday night time, just some days after their 3-1 defeat to arch-rivals Arsenal.

The Italian’s frontline has faltered with Heung-min Son, particularly, struggling to refind his type of 2021/22.

Ought to Son be dropped vs Brighton?

Other than a hat-trick cameo from the bench within the whitewash of then-basement boys Leicester Metropolis, the South Korean worldwide has solely offered one help in his different ten appearances, by way of Transfermarkt.

That’s one direct contribution each 211 minutes, effectively beneath his more-impressive profession common on the membership of a purpose or help each 110 minutes.

Son was arguably Conte’s most vital participant final season, having delivered 23 goals and nine assists throughout 35 league appearances, which was six extra contributions than Harry Kane as he outranked the Englishman in each regards.

There’s no denying that the 29-year-old – who was as soon as dubbed a “machine” by one former teammate – has been out of types for a lot of the season thus far, as evident by his WhoScored rankings of 6.31 vs Chelsea, 6.46 vs Nottingham Forest, 5.92 vs West Ham United and 6.3 in opposition to the Gunners.

It now leaves Conte with a conundrum as Son is the form of participant that may normally flip it on at any second, although we’ve solely actually seen it as soon as in 11 outings.

The 53-year-old hinted at a tweak within the system throughout a current press convention and if fellow huge man Dejan Kulusevski isn’t again from injury, then it might make sense to go to a 3-5-2 and for Son to be axed.

As ruthless as it might be – after all of the £22m man has been a shining mild over many, a few years – Conte have to be daring and drop the struggling South Korean if he’s to show their attacking fortunes round in opposition to the Seagulls on the Amex Stadium tonight.

If something, it may ignite a flame simply because it did within the conquer the Foxes proper earlier than the worldwide break.

AND in different information, Conte’s “vital” £30m “continuous machine” is proving to be his subsequent Hazard…