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Love the guy. I’ve rated him since his days in Germany, and was over the moon when we signed him.
Bagged a stunning and important goal today. 50 goals is not a bad return!
50 goals for a player who is rated as lowly as Son is by many is unreal.
He's only started 109 games for us too.
So that's 50 goals in 109 starts. Which is a fucking impressive strike rate for a striker let alone a winger.
Just looking at the stats.
Bale: 203 appearances, 55 goals.
Son: 153 appearances, 50 goals.
Admittedly Bale played a lot of games at LB, but even then he was scoring free kicks and getting on the score sheet with his trademark runs from deep.
I’m not really comparing the two, as they’re obviously very different players, but Son has made a fantastic contribution to the club. Virtually 1 in 3.
Even if you eliminate the games Bale played at left back, it'd still equal about 150 games for us. Son is in good company and remains the most underrated player in the Premier League.
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