‘Superstar’ Son Heung-min among the world’s best players

Former Spurs captain Michael Dawson has informed us that Son Heung-min is among the many world’s biggest gamers, hailing the ahead as each a “famous person” and an “icon” whereas naming him as his the membership’s participant of the season.

Son loved an excellent 2021/22 marketing campaign with Spurs, serving to them safe Champions League soccer whereas additionally profitable the Premier League’s Golden Boot alongside Mohamed Salah after netting 23 targets.

“He ranks proper up there amongst the world’s finest gamers, proper up there,” Dawson informed us. “He’s such a risk, he scores targets… When him and Harry (Kane) mix collectively, they’re the perfect within the Premier League. They’re a pleasure to observe. I watch plenty of video games and they’re a pleasure, the best way they mix collectively – Son runs in behind if Harry comes brief. So yeah, he’s up there with the world’s finest gamers, with no shadow of a doubt.

“He runs in behind, the targets he scores… When he will get one on one with a goalkeeper, you all the time fancy him to hit the again of the web. I simply assume he’s a risk. Defenders don’t like working in behind. He runs from large areas, which is all the time exhausting for a defender when you get caught flat-footed.

“He’s all the time bought the run on you, he’s fast anyway. His motion is good, which is why he’s up there. And that’s why he will get all the popularity he deserves. To get 23 Premier League targets, and never one being a penalty – it’s outstanding and credit score to him.”

Dawson added: “I feel Sonny getting these 23 targets, joint with Salah, makes him my Spurs participant of the season. Unbelievable.”

In addition to being a fan of his expertise on the pitch, Dawson has additionally been impressed with the best way Son has constructed a powerful bond with the Spurs fan base.

“What impresses me most about him is the love for the sport he has,” Dawson stated. “He’s definitely a fan favorite, he’s a type of gamers that’s all the time makes time for folks. He’s all the time bought a smile on his face. He loves the soccer membership, he loves being there, he loves being a fan’s hero. He connects and it’s a must to join with the followers and to make that bond.

“While you undergo durations of the season the place you perhaps don’t rating for a couple of video games, as he did, you’ve nonetheless bought that love that helps you whenever you want rooting for. He loves it, he’s all the time bought time for folks and that’s what it’s about, as a result of he’s an icon. He actually, actually is. Everybody loves him. He’s a famous person.”

In the meantime, Dawson is trying ahead to subsequent season the place he believes Spurs can mount a critical problem in Europe and enhance upon their fourth-placed place within the Premier League.

“They will go on an awesome Champions League run,” he stated. “You look again to 2019 after they bought to the ultimate, no-one anticipated that. It was an unimaginable journey, so many ups and downs. Cup competitions are tremendous margins, I understand how exhausting it’s to win that. We’ve seen it with different groups this season the place you could be in management after which 5 minutes of insanity in soccer and it adjustments.

“The purpose’s bought to be to be within the prime 4 once more, realistically that’s what the purpose is. I feel the highest two for me will once more be difficult for the title, however when you make enhancements then your purpose has bought to be, are you able to shut the hole to the highest two? And that’s what Spurs have gotten to do. That’s it. And try to cement your self within the prime 4.

“Manchester United are going to be higher, it’ll be fascinating to see what occurs with Chelsea. However it’s about what Spurs do – signing the correct gamers, protecting on enhancing and protecting on getting the perfect out of the gamers which can be within the squad as a result of they’ve bought an unimaginable squad. They’ve simply bought to try to carry on constructing.”

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