Pochettino hails Son Heung-Min, Tottenham’s under-the-radar star

Harry Kane gets the headlines, but Tottenham knows what they have in the “David Beckham of Asia.” It must be difficult on some level to play on a team with Harry Kane. Not just the best striker in England, but possibly in all of Europe, Kane is a home-grown hero, bags goals for fun, and tends to overshadow even his talented teammates.

Perhaps lost to the shadows in this way is Son Heung-Min, Asia’s best player and Spurs’ second highest scorer with 9 goals in all competitions (to Kane’s 24). He’s treated like a rock star in his native Korea, where he enjoys a level of fame similar to that of David Beckham in England.

And yet, he’s decidedly second fiddle on a Spurs side that features not only Kane, but a host of talented, young Engli...