Heung-min Son reveals ‘painful’ response to shock Antonio Conte outburst
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ottenham winger Heung-min Son has admitted his disappointment at former supervisor Antonio Conte’s scathing evaluation of the group – even when he agrees with one aspect of it.
The then-Spurs boss reacted furiously to his aspect dropping a two-goal lead to attract at soon-to-be relegated Southampton final season, in an outburst which pushed the club and coach towards eventually parting ways.
Conte questioned the gamers’ want to win and “selfish” angle however Son has insisted he himself didn’t put in sufficient high quality performances for his previous boss.
“It is a bit painful but I think people see it in different ways,” the 31-year-old advised football.london.
“I don’t think he meant it. He was just in an aggressive way, an emotional way after the game.
“I’m grateful to him. I can’t say anything bad about him because I take the blame. I should have done much, much better. Two years ago I won the Golden Boot and the expectation was high. The team needed me in a different way in the difficult moments and, for any reasons, pain or whatever, I couldn’t perform so I still feel sorry for him.
“I was good with him, the season before was fantastic. I won the Golden Boot with him. I can’t say anything bad about him. I’m grateful to have worked with him.
“Obviously, the end was not ideal, not what we wanted but I’m grateful and I’ve learned lots of things about football and being a human being, and about being more passionate.”
South Korean winger Son underwent surgical procedure on the finish of final season on an harm which he claimed was plaguing him all year long.
At instances, his lack of kind led to his place within the aspect being questioned and but he determined to not endure the operation.
“Probably people are thinking why didn’t I do the surgery as early as possible but for me it felt like for the club during the season every single moment felt like a difficult moment,” he famous.
“I didn’t want to let the people down. I didn’t want to let the players and the staff down because that means a lot to me, and then the fans supporting me, I take the responsibility whether I played good or bad, with pain or not.”