I will not play again;Heung-Min Son has decided to leave Tottenham and never play again…
Tottenham Hotspur have been through a whole heap of change over the last four years or so.
The fans have seen managers come and go, expensive signings flop, and even club icon Harry Kane finally leave.
However, while Ange Postecoglou hasn’t been able to remove the club’s inconsistent streak, he has, at the very least, made them entertaining to watch again, which certainly wasn’t the case under former manager Antonio Conte.
However, for all the Italian’s mistakes in North London, he did at least sign one of the club’s best players, a player who could soon be worth north of £100m based on those he’s compared to.
Conte’s recruitment misstep
Before we get to the player in question, let’s look at another of the personnel additions made by Conte during his time in the hot seat, one who has not had the best of times in North London: Richarlison.
The Brazilian joined Spurs for a whopping £60m in the summer of 2022, and off the back of a campaign in which he scored 11 goals and provided five assists in just 33 games for Everton, it was easy to understand why Daniel Levy and Co sanctioned such an expensive offer.
However, the former Watford ace’s first year in N17 was a disaster, as in 35 appearances across all competitions, he racked up a measly tally of three goals and four assists, meaning that he maintained an average of a goal involvement once every five games, which can hardly be described as value for money.
Last season, under the management of Postecoglou, things panned out a little better for the Nova Venécia-born forward, as he scored 12 goals and provided four assists in 31 games.
However, the one mark on that record is that nine of those goals came between gameweek 16 and 23 in the league, so outside that period, he remained unreliable in front of goal.
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