Son Heung-min was selected as a strange ranking again.
ESPN reported on the 24th (Korea time) which soccer commentator Ian Dark chose as the most disappointing player in the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season.
A total of 11 players were selected, including Son Heung-min's name. "Son Heung-min has played well for Tottenham for 10 years, but his influence in the game has weakened since his partner Harry Kane moved to Bayern Munich. Son Heung-min's poor performance is one of many reasons why Tottenham is struggling. His attacking points in the league this season are seven goals and nine assists, down sharply from 17 goals and 10 assists last season"He mentioned why he chose Son Heung-min.
It is undeniable that Son Heung-min's record has fallen significantly compared to his heyday last season and earlier. Because it comes out in figures. Except for Tottenham's debut season, Son Heung-min has always scored more than 10 goals in the league, but this season, even that record is on the verge of being broken. Son Heung-min will be as disappointed in his personal record as his team's performance.
However, it is questionable whether Son Heung-min is on par with other players selected by the dark commentator. If only big club players are listed among the remaining 10 players, Phil Foden (Manchester City), Rasmus Hoyleun (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Arnall), James Madison (Tottenham), Jack Grealish (Manchester City) and Mason Mount (Manchester United).
Let's take a look at these players' league records this season. Foden, who was the EPL player of the year last season, has seven goals and two assists this season, down significantly from 19 goals and eight assists he recorded last season. Hoylun has only scored three goals and one assist as he has shown his worst goal-scoring ability for Manchester United this season. Sterling is worse. After being pushed out of Chelsea, he came on loan to Arsenal, but he has not scored a single goal this season.
Grealish, who has fallen into Manchester City's headache, is also disastrous. Originally, he is not the type of player with many offensive points, but he is only one goal and one assist. Mount is on the way to becoming the worst No.7 in United's history. He has no offensive points in 11 games this season due to his injury alone.
There are many big club players with less than five offensive points, and Son Heung-min's performance is too undervalued. It may be because expectations for Son Heung-min are high, but if you judge based on salary and transfer fee, Son Heung-min can never be criticized compared to these players. In fact, Madison, who has nine goals and six assists, is not at the level of being included in disappointing players like Son Heung-min.
If Son Heung-min and Madison had been used in the right way, they would have scored nearly 20 offensive points.
Reporter Kim Dae-sik rlaeotlr2024@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
