Tottenham Hotspur have another goal-scoring hero and it is not their summer signing.
When Tottenham Hotspur signed Fernando Llorente from Swansea City for £15million last summer (as reported by the BBC), it seemed Spurs finally had quality backup for regular top-scorer Harry Kane yet, only a few months on, another Spurs player has rendered the Spaniard somewhat irrelevant.
Heung-min Son is doing exactly what some expected Llorente to do – taking up the goal-scoring slack from Kane and ensuring Tottenham are not overly reliant on the England international.
Son has scored four goals in his last four appearances and eight so far this season. In contrast, Llorente – a player who found the net 15 times for the Swans last season – has managed just a single strike for Tottenham, in the dead-rubber against APOEL Nicosia earlier this month.
Llorente is now the player who turns up for the last few minutes of a match not because Tottenham need a goal, but juts to give him some exercise, and while that is somewhat facetious, the simple fact is the Spaniard is just a bit meh.
In time he could prove his worth in North London, and his real impact could be felt in the latter stages of the Champions League. Yet Son’s emergence and Kane’s ongoing brilliance means Llorente is simply there to make up the numbers.
Son is a superb player who is finally getting the plaudits he deserves at Tottenham, while Llorente probably should have stayed at Swansea, rather than becoming a big-name substitute whose best days may already be behind him.
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