Though the physical pain of last season has thankfully gone, the memories of it are still enough to make Son Heung-min wince.
“I was in pain every single moment, literally,” Son says, looking back on a 2022-23 campaign that preceded him having a sports hernia operation to cure an issue that bothered him for the duration of a hugely disappointing year.
“It sounds weird but every turn, running, stopping, passing, kicking — it affected everything. It was strange because in normal life, doing no exercise, it felt fine, so I went on the pitch excited because I didn’t have pain when I was walking. (But) As soon as I was on the pitch for a warm-up I would be frustrated because the pain is there, every action, turning, passing, kicking… finally I made the decision at the end of the season to have the surgery and I think it’s the best decision I ever made.”
Hearing Son explain just how much he was hampered last season helps us understand how he could go from jointly winning the 2021-22 Golden Boot with 23 goals to scoring just four by mid-February this year and even having his place in the Spurs team come under threat.
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