Garth Crooks believes Heung-min Son is the Premier League’s most improved player

BBC Pundit Garth Crooks has spoken positively about the impact of Heung-min Son has had at Tottenham Hotspur this term. The South Korea international has been a regular in the Spurs setup in the 4-2-3-1 formation, and he is presently on 11 goals for the club across all competitions.

Writing on his BBC Sport column, Crooks highlighted the tireless workrate of the Korean footballer, who has developed leaps and bounds, working with the likes of Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen in the attack, he said: “The South Korean is renowned for his energy and covers the ground with enormous alacrity.

BBC Pundit Garth Crooks has spoken positively about the impact of Heung-min Son has had at Tottenham Hotspur this term. The South Korea international has been a regular in the Spurs setup in the 4-2-3-1 formation, and he is presently on 11 goals for the club across all competitions.

Writing on his BBC Sport column, Crooks highlighted the tireless workrate of the Korean footballer, who has developed leaps and bounds, working with the likes of Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen in the attack, he said: “The South Korean is renowned for his energy and covers the ground with enormous alacrity.

“What I like most about him is that he genuinely plays the game with a smile on his face. I get the impressed sometimes when he plays for Spurs that he is so grateful to be playing at Tottenham at all. I have said before that I think Son is one of the most improved players in the Premier League and against Everton he proved it once again.”

Son has already achieved more than half of his 21-goal tally from the previous campaign, and he will surely have his sights on improving on this record with his team side alive in the FA Cup and Champions League, where he could yet make an impact.

The north London giants have roped in Lucas Moura from Paris Saint-Germain to add competition for places, but the South Korean’s future is seemingly secured for the season, owing to his impressive exploits over the past few months.

Spurs clinched an important 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Wednesday night, which keeps them within two points off both Chelsea and Liverpool, and they will now fancy pushing for the top-four when they make the way to Anfield to take on the latter in a much-awaited clash this weekend.

Roy Keane – Heung-min Son does not deserve prominent role at Tottenham Hotspur

Former Manchester United legend turned pundit, Roy Keane does not believe Heung-min Son deserves a prominent role despite showing promise from the starting line-up. The South Korea international has played a decisive role for Spurs this season, but Keane believes the forward is just a ‘good little player’.

Speaking in ITV’s coverage of the Champions League, Keane said: “He’s a good little player. I don’t think he’d be one of your main guys, but certainly as a backup to the other attacking players.”

Former Manchester United legend turned pundit, Roy Keane does not believe Heung-min Son deserves a prominent role despite showing promise from the starting line-up. The South Korea international has played a decisive role for Spurs this season, but Keane believes the forward is just a ‘good little player’.

Roy Keane – Heung-min Son does not deserve prominent role at Tottenham Hotspur

Speaking in ITV’s coverage of the Champions League, Keane said: “He’s a good little player. I don’t think he’d be one of your main guys, but certainly as a backup to the other attacking players.”

Heung-min added his fourth goal of the campaign during the 2-1 comeback win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, and Keane feels the victory will provide a much-needed boost prior to Saturday’s Premier League outing versus West Bromwich Albion at the Wembley Stadium, he said: “It was a good response from Tottenham from the weekend, because you’re on about testing their character, and they’ve shown that again.”

Son, 25, joined the north London giants from German side Bayer Leverkusen back in the summer of 2015, and he has since amassed 27 goals in over 80 appearances in all competitions. The marksman also played a significant role in South Korea’s progress to the World Cup finals in Russia, and he currently finds himself shortlisted for this year’s Asian International Player of the Year accolade.

Spurs suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat at the hands of Arsenal last weekend, and Mauricio Pochettino will be desperate for three points versus the Baggies, who are currently lingering in the tail-end of the standings. The west Midlands side axed Tony Pulis from his head coach role – owing to their dismal run, and caretaker Gary Megson has a huge task at hand at the Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Tottenham are currently 11 points adrift of Manchester City at the top of the table and their chances of competing for the Premier League title look bleak. Spurs do have a game against the Citizens next month, but their tendency to drop points against the lesser clubs have dented their progress this term.