The former Manchester City and Aston Villa right-back, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports, believes that Son should be rated as highly as Liverpool forward Sadio Mane and Citizens midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.
Richards has said that Tottenham are lucky to have the South Korea international forward, and has outlined why he is such a danger to the opposition.
Football.London quotes Richards as saying about Son: “His form is absolutely incredible. When I worked under Steve Bruce, he would pinpoint how he’d want me to play, how to set up against someone like this.
“Someone might want to man-mark him but when you’ve got this player in this sort of form, it doesn’t matter what you try and do. He always finds the spaces, he always looks to run in behind. What I like about Son the most is his composure in front of goal.
“How many times do you see him miss chances? Very rarely. He’s an absolute steal for Spurs. There’s a lot of talk about Mane and Kevin De Bruyne, and rightly so, but for me, Son is right up there. Spurs are lucky to have him because he’s an absolute treasure of a player.”
Stats
According to WhoScored, Son has scored four goals in three Premier League games for Tottenham so far this season.
During the 2019-20 campaign, the 28-year-old scored 11 goals and provided 10 assists in the league, and scored five goals and provided one assist in the Champions League, according to WhoScored.
Injury blow
Son is a key player for Tottenham, but it seems that the North London club may have to do without him for a while.
Spurs head coach Jose Mourinho has said that the 28-year-old forward suffered a hamstring injury against Newcastle United in the Premier League at the weekend and could be on the sidelines for a while, as quoted in Football.London.
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