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Ranking Tottenham’s New Additions

By Peter Brewis

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 05: Toby Alderweireld of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at White Hart Lane on March 5, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 05: Toby Alderweireld of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at White Hart Lane on March 5, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) /
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ENFIELD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 24: Son Heung-min smiles during a Tottenham Hotspur training session ahead of their UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg match against Fiorentina at the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre on February 24, 2016 in Enfield, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
ENFIELD, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 24: Son Heung-min smiles during a Tottenham Hotspur training session ahead of their UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg match against Fiorentina at the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre on February 24, 2016 in Enfield, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) /

3. Heung-min Son

With the recent news about Pochettino ready to sell Son, the narrative around the South Korean has changed dramatically. At first it centered around a few lackluster performances in between what seemed like some relatively decent ones. Son was purchased from Bayer Leverkusen over the summer, who play a similar system to Tottenham, and was expected to come into the side and acclimate quickly and easily.

At the beginning of the season, he did for the most part, scoring in back to back games against Qarabag FK and Crystal Palace, scoring the winner in the match against the latter. Then he got hurt in the 4-1 victory over Manchester City and didn’t feature again until November in the Europa League. Son would score four more times over the remainder of the season, including a back heel winner at Watford.

From the outside things seemed rosy for Son in north London, but the Son saga will certainly be worth paying attention to in the offseason. From a strictly footballing standpoint, it seems that Son should fit into this squad, however it is not unlike Pochettino to offload players who don’t fit the ethos he is trying to create. And that might be exactly what we’re seeing with Son.

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