Pundit shares ‘massive’ Heung-Min Son claim after what he’s seen at Tottenham
Heung-Min Son will find the back of the net for Tottenham sooner rather than later.
That’s according to former Rangers and Scotland boss Alex McLeish, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about the attacker’s start to the season.
Son, 30, is yet to score in five outings this season with some fans questioning whether summer signing Richarlison should be starting ahead of him.
The South Korean came close to opening the scoring at West Ham on Wednesday (31 August), but Thilo Kehrer put through his own net before he had the chance to tap home Harry Kane’s cross.
McLeish insists Son is one of the best players in the world and is backing him to end his drought soon.
“He’s a machine,” McLeish told Football Insider’s Ben Wild.
“Sometimes, maybe he isn’t at 100% but he is still there and he is going to be creating a few chances.
“There have been times where he might have been picked out in a good position but the ball didn’t come.
“It’s sometimes hard to see that position at this level. There was a comparison made with Mo Salah the other night.
“Liverpool won 9-0 against Bournemouth and Salah didn’t score. He still had about 10 chances. It annoys strikers.
“Alan Shearer used to flick his shoulder every time he missed. This time last year we were talking about Harry Kane, not Son.
“Then he got past it and you knew Kane was going to come back. These strikers have massive mentalities.
“Son is one of the best players in world football and I don’t see him not getting on the scoresheet sometime soon.”
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