The media in the press conference room at the Estadio Jose Alvalade were not expecting the force with which Antonio Conte answered a question about Son Heung-min.
In the past, when asked whether he would consider resting the South Korean when he sometimes looked tired and overplayed, the Tottenham boss would laugh and suggest he would be "crazy" to drop Son from his line-up. As the player swept to the Golden Boot on the final day of the Premier League season, sharing it with Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, and hauling Tottenham into the top four and Champions League qualification those words were vindicated and then some.
With Son not looking quite his former self this season, without a goal yet to his name in his seven appearances and just the one assist in the opening game, Conte had still indicated that the 30-year-old was not in line for taking a turn on the bench and after one recent question he almost seem angered by the suggestion.
