Son Heung-min's return as winger with growing expectations

Expectations are growing on how Son Heung-min 32 will work with Dominic Solanke 27, Tottenham in the English Premier League EPL in the 2024-2025 season.

Tottenham will enter the season at 4 a.m. On the 20th through an away match in the first round of the Premier League against Leicester City. It is also the beginning of the 10th Premier League season for Son Heung-min, who is likely to start.

The biggest interest in Son is to return to the left winger. After Harry Kane 31, Bayern Munich left Tottenham Hotspur in the last season, Son failed to concentrate on his position. He displayed a bit of uneven performance as he played with the front-line striker, who was absent from Kane.

He failed to recruit Kane's replacement, and his expected injury and poor performance put pressure on Son Heung-min. Experts, including Tottenham manager Angie Postecoglou, say Son Heung-min is at his best as a left striker.

It will be different this season. Solanke, who will replace Kane this summer, has joined the team. Analysts say that although Solanke is a target-type striker, he can move in all weather conditions. Expectations are high that he will display skills that can remind him of Kane.

This reminds us of the days when Son and Kane were playing the Son-ke duo. Son and Kane scored 47 goals, the most in EPL history. They are leading the league by a wide margin with 36 goals scored by Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard.

The Son-ke duo also scored 14 goals in the 2020-2021 season. This was more than the 13 goals Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton scored when they were Blackburn Rovers.

This means that while Son Heung-min is still showing off his robustness, a "Son-Sol Duo" may be born depending on whether Solanke, a type similar to Kane, plays or not. If the two work well together, synergy that gives other strikers a chance can come out naturally.

Tottenham also has high expectations for Solanke. It spent 65 million pounds or 114 billion won to recruit Solanke, who scored more points than Son Heung-min 17 goals by scoring 19 goals and three assists in 38 matches last season.

For now, the Evening Standard of the U.K. Expected Son Heung-min to come back as a winger and Solanke to join the team as a starter. This could be a starting point for the Son-Sol duo.  메이저사이트

The BBC has listed Son Heung-min and Solanke on the list of potential top scorer in the EPL 2024-2025 season. If Son scores, he will become the top scorer in three years by scoring 23 goals alongside Mohamed Salah Liverpool in the 2021-2022 season.

Meanwhile, Son was strong against Leicester City. He has nine goals and four assists in 14 matches with Leicester City. He has also set a new record of achieving hat tricks as substitutes in the 2022-2023 season.