Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min has named the unseen teenager who’s actually “excited” him at Spurs, with the South Korean suggesting he’s one to observe and a “related age” to the highly-rated Mikey Moore.
Tottenham return to successful methods with 5-0 victory over Southampton
Following a barren run of 1 win in eight video games throughout all competitions, the under-pressure Ange Postecoglou sealed what was a convincing and much-needed 5-0 win away to struggling Southampton on Sunday.
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All of their targets got here within the first half, with James Maddison (2), Son, Dejan Kulusevski and Pape Matar Sarr rounding off an excellent attacking show and placing the ultimate nail in supervisor Russell Martin’s coffin – who was sacked by Southampton quickly afterwards.
Alongside the goalscorers, there have been just a few noteworthy performances on show at St. Mary’s Stadium, with right-back Djed Spence severely impressing for Spurs on his first full Premier League begin and 18-year-old Lucas Bergvall doing the identical.
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Tottenham vs Liverpool |
December 22 |
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Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham |
December 26 |
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Tottenham vs Wolves |
December 29 |
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Tottenham vs Newcastle |
January 4 |
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Arsenal vs Tottenham |
January 15 |
Postecoglou’s squad has been stretched to the naked bones resulting from damage issues, so the Australian severely wants his typical fringe gamers to come back in and do a job, with each Spence and Bergvall obliging in strong style.
“They had been nice,” stated Postecoglou on Bergvall and Spence.
“Lucas is rising on a regular basis, however he is 18. Archie is eighteen and what number of Premier League golf equipment are going to start out two 18-year-olds of their line-up. Djed has needed to bide his time. To be honest, it is the one space of the pitch the place we have had cowl this yr with Archie enjoying at right-back, so he is needed to be affected person.
“It is a testomony to him and the coaches who’ve labored with him in coaching that he might come on immediately. We wanted him for positive, not simply to play however to make an affect and he did. Nice reward for his persistence and perseverance.”
Tottenham’s lack of choices means Postecoglou appears to be like set to show to youthful members of his squad for the foreseeable future, they usually now have one other teenage sensation to name upon.
18-year-old summer season signing Yang min-Hyeok, who was initially meant to hyperlink up with the Tottenham squad in January after his mortgage spell again at Gangwon, has joined them one month sooner than deliberate.
The South Korean starlet has bagged 12 targets and 5 assists in 38 league video games for Gangwon throughout 2024, with Postecoglou now set to learn from his arrival, even when he nonetheless is not eligible to play till January 1.
Son Heung-min praises Yang min-Hyeok after arrival at Tottenham
Because the unseen teen waits to make his membership debut, Son has praised Yang after his arrival at Tottenham, expressing his pleasure over the winger’s arrival and revealing what supporters can count on from his compatriot.
“He is the same age to Mikey Moore,” stated Son to Customary Sport.
“Everybody loves Mikey and when Yang is right here I hope everybody loves him like Mikey. He is been incredible in his first season within the Okay-League, scored 12 targets and a whole lot of assists. He is vibrant. He isn’t scared.
“He is a really vibrant participant so I am excited he is coming right here and I will attempt to assist him as a lot as I can. However we simply must keep away from placing stress on him. The soccer facet is a very powerful factor for him [to focus on].”
Tottenham chiefs additionally consider Yang can go on to be a “particular” participant, and there’s confidence inside N17 that the ahead might go on to turn into certainly one of their greatest bargains in latest reminiscence (GiveMeSport).
