A super fast and exciting forward who's really adept at exploiting spaces. That's why he scored tons of goals by playing alongside Harry Kane, as Kane is very intelligent at advancing play and passing through the lines. That's what Son is all about. He would thrive in quick transition and counter attacking situation. But different thing can be said about his abilities once the spaces were gone, as he would struggle. He's not a traditional winger or a wide second striker who could takes everybody on one-on-one, He just doesn't have the ability to dribble past players. He's a "run in behind" type of player. He did show some nice dribbling runs, for example the one against Burnley which leads to a spectacular goal, but that's about it really. This type of play is more of a one off than a regular display, because I have to say, he's not particularly a gifted footballer.
You could argue about his numbers and question me like: "how could you become a Premier League top scorer if you're not gifted?", well don't get me wrong here, player like Son is actually a decent footballer, but there has to be some context to be placed when talking about him. For example, he's playing with prime Harry Kane, who's arguably one of the best passer that I've ever seen in modern era. Without him, Son is nothing. Son is more of a player who's good when arriving in the end of things, more so like Cristiano Ronaldo, which of course a far superior player, but there's some similarity between them. In what way? well imagine CR7 playing in Madrid team without the likes of Benzema, Modric, Casemiro, and Kroos, then CR7 would not become CR7 that we know of. Same thing can be said about Son. Son is not a creator, he only gets in the end of things. His main qualities are his finishing and speed, other qualities is more of a luxury, and would be significantly lower had he not playing in a team containing Harry Kane.
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