Heung-Min Son is a little embarrassed about asking to leave Tottenham Hotspur, but he shouldn’t be. He is not the first player to struggle in his first season in the Premier League. He is not the first person to want to want to cut and run when things do not go to plan in a new venture.

Son did not look like a wise signing 12 months ago. His manager Mauricio Pochettino did not criticise him in public, but he did not place much faith in him either. The 24-year-old only started 13 Premier League games, scoring just four times.