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Tottenham Hotspur target Hwang Hee-chan boasts impressive finishing stats during his time in the Premier League.
Spurs were linked with a move for the Wolves forward over the summer and Tottenham fans would have been forgiven for being underwhelmed at the time.
Hwang managed just eight goals in his first two seasons in England. But he’s enjoying a real coming-of-age campaign at Molineux this time around.
Indeed, the South Korean star is already enjoying his best-ever season in England’s top flight and has netted 10 goals.
Now, Sky Sports has shared a statistic which places Hwang above former Spurs star Harry Kane when it comes to finishing.
Hwang is statistically a better finisher than Kane
Jamie Carragher was joined by former Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch on Monday Night Football and the duo looked at the best finishers in the Premier League.
The list takes into account players who have scored more than 12 goals since the start of last season.
During this period, Taiwo Awoniyi boasts the best conversion rate as he’s netted 28.6 per cent of his chances.
Hwang sits third on the list, having netted 13 times with a conversion rate of 24.1 per cent.
This places him over Kane, who has bagged 30 goals with a shot conversion of 23.1 per cent.
The statistics indicate that since the start of last season, Hwang has finished his chances more frequently than Kane.
But you only have to look at the number of goals each player has scored to learn that Kane is by far the superior goalscorer. That could be down to the number of chances Hwang is presented at Wolves.
Nevertheless, the stats would indicate that Hwang is a capable finisher when presented with opportunities.
The £14 million man has impressed under Gary O’Neil this season and it will be intriguing to see if Spurs revisit their interest in the 28-year-old.
Of course, Ange Postecoglou’s men have also been linked with a move for his teammate Pedro Neto. But they will face stern competition for the Portuguese star’s signature.
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I’m absolutely staggered’… Chris Sutton can’t believe what he’s heard about Ange Postecoglou now
Ange Postecoglou hit the ground running when he arrived at Tottenham.
The Australian had Spurs at the top of the league after three months in the job, and it looked as though he had transformed the team.
However, after a run of just six wins in Spurs’ last 15 games, questions are being asked of both Tottenham and their manager.
Speaking on BBC 606, Chris Sutton fielded a number of calls from Spurs fans who had complaints about the team’s style at the moment, and he says that he’s staggered that these complaints are starting now, claiming that Spurs fans were desperate for this kind of style last season under Antonio Conte.
Chris Sutton shocked by Ange Postecoglou complaints
Sutton shared his verdict on what he’d heard some Spurs fans saying about Postecoglou.
“Do you know what Robbie? I thought these calls would come next season about Spurs needing to be more pragmatic, but we’ve had a couple of Spurs fans on now, I’m absolutely staggered by these fans we’ve had on, this is what they wanted and now they’re moaning about it, deary me,” Sutton said.
Bad run
We can absolutely understand why Postecoglou is being questioned – this is a poor run of form.
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Six wins in 15 matches isn’t good enough by any level of expectation. To put into context, Antonio Conte had seven wins in his last 15 games before being sacked as the manager of Tottenham last season.
Of course, the underlying issues at Spurs last term were impossible to ignore, but in terms of on-field performances, Spurs are slipping back down to the level they showed for large portions of last term.
If Tottenham want to finish in the top four, they need to improve and rediscover the form they showed at the beginning of the Postecoglou era.
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