Back in the Champions League with his first Golden Boot taking pride of place on his mantle piece, Son Heung-min couldn’t be happier.
But as the South Korean approaches his seventh close season at Tottenham, matters could easily have been different.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s disastrous spell in charge left players questioning the direction Spurs were headed.
Tottenham sealed their Champions League return with a dominant win against Norwich
Of course, Nuno was sacked, Antonio Conte was appointed and the rest his history.
You wonder, however, quite how Son would have approached the summer if Conte hadn’t ridden to the rescue.
What history tells us about Son is that he’s not one to agitate, although in the summer of 2016 – following his first season at the club – the forward was said to be considering his future after a stop-start campaign.
Son’s goals against Norwich ensured he won his first Golden Boot by tying Mo Salah at the top
The season could have been so much different if Tottenham hadn’t of hired Antonio Conte
Generally, though, Son’s stay has passed without so much as a hint – at least publicly – that he could leave.
For instance, there was genuine concern at Tottenham between 2017 and 2018 that they could lose Son to Manchester City.
His goals, all 47 of them since arriving in 2015, helped propel Spurs to three successive Champions League qualifications. Pep Guardiola liked what he saw.
But, as he so often does, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy pulled down the shutters.
In the summer of 2018, Son signed a new five-year contract – crisis averted without so much as a back page headline.
Yet it makes you wonder: what if Son had agitated?
Indeed, it’s puzzling to think that Son’s future has never really been the source of speculation akin to that that entrenched Harry Kane last summer.
Tottenham were in disarray at the start of the season under ex-manager Nuno Espirito Santo
It’s certainly not because clubs haven’t wanted him -…
Source : dailymail
