Postecoglou backs misfiring Son and says even Salah would struggle at Spurs

‘I’d hazard to say that if you put Sonny in Liverpool’s team, I reckon his goalscoring return would be decent,’ says Ange Postecoglou. Photograph: Simon Dael/Tottenham Hotspur FC/Shutterstock

Ange Postecoglou has backed Son Heung-min to rediscover his best form and suggested even Mohamed Salah would struggle in the current Tottenham team.

Son, who has seen Spurs trigger their one-year option on his contract to tie him down until the summer of 2026, goes into Wednesday night’s ­Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at home to ­Liverpool with an unforgiving ­spotlight on his performances.