Son Heung-min, who has helped manager Enze Postecoglou this season and is playing as a key player for Tottenham Hotspur, has been recognized as the best player in the English Premier League in 2023. Son Heung-min was listed as a left-side striker in the 2023 Premier League’s Team of the Year announced by Squaka on the 3rd (Korea Standard Time). “I watched Son Heung-min, who was my supporting actor, play the lead role,” the media said. “With Harry Kane leaving in mid-2023, Son Heung-min received even more attention, and no one disappointed him. Tottenham suffered sometimes, but he had a great year with 19 goals and 9 assists.” Son Heung-min, who was the Premier League’s top scorer in the 2021-22 season, scored only 10 goals in 36 games in the Premier League last season due to his team’s poor performance and hernia of sports. It was a satisfactory season to continue scoring in double digits.
However, this season, he showed off perfect teamwork with the newly appointed Postecoglou, rekindling his scoring streak. Postecoglou chose Son, who mainly used to play as a flanker, rather than an outside recruit to replace Harry Kane as the front-line striker. Son had eight goals in the opening 10 games, and recently moved back to a flanker, before adding four more goals to post 12 goals in 20 games. The number is tying for third in the Premier League scoring rankings after Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Erling Holan (Manchester City), who both have 14 goals each.
“Sky Sports” commentators Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville also included Son in their team as they selected the best 11 players in the first half of the 2023-24 English Premier League. Regarding Son, who gave his team three points with his 12th goal of the season in the match against Bournemouth on Tuesday, the British Telegraph reported that the match against Bournemouth showed that Tottenham cannot be without Son. Like Kane, Son is playing the role of savior in many ways. “He scored an additional goal on the day when he was just one goal shy of the ice.” 사설 토토사이트
For Squaka’s 2023 Premier League Team of the Year, Holan and Salah will lead the team’s offense along with Son. Salah won the joint top scorer in the Premier League in the 2021-22 season along with Son, while Holan won the title of top scorer in the Premier League last season. Media outlets said of Holland, “There has never been such a deadly performance in front of goal in England’s highest-quality tournament before. Despite missing out until the end of last year, he still finished the year with 29 goals and nine assists. To surpass such productivity in 2024 feels like a difficult spell.”
“The form is temporary, but the class is eternal. According to his high standards, last season was not his year, but now he is back with a vengeance,” he said. “Sala’s shame is ridiculous. He created 71 opportunities and gave 15 assists. He scored 24 goals with 0.99 goals in 90 minutes.” The three midfielders are Bruno Guimarrans (Newcastle United), Rodri (Manchester City), and Martin Odegaard. Guimarrans was highly recognized for his role in bringing Newcastle United into the Champions League in fourth place last season, while Rodri led Manchester City to a treble last season and is now a key midfielder under Pep Guardiola this season. Odegaard, who has become Arsenal’s core force after leaving Real Madrid, led the team’s offense by scoring 12 goals and five assists and creating a whopping 71 chances in a year.
The four-back team was named as left-back Pervis Estupinan (Brighton Hove Albion), following right-back Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United), center-backs Thiago Silva (Chelsea) and Gabriel (Arnsal). Among them, Estupinan, whose name is somewhat inferior, stands out. “Estupinan created 50 chances last year, and among them, he scored three goals and eight assists. This does not mean that he is focused on offense. He has established himself as a full-fledged full-back, with an average of 7.06 ball recovery and 1.94 tackles per 90 minutes.” Lastly, regarding goalkeeper Alisson, “It would be an understatement to say that he is back to his peak form,” adding, “He has recorded the highest percentage of saves (players played for at least 720 minutes) in the Premier League, as well as the highest percentage of clean sheets (16 saves) and 105 most saves.”