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FPL Show: Expect Son to play in front two under Conte

5 Nov 2021
Son Heung-min

A pair of FPL experts predict the South Korean will be an out-of-position star under his new boss

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Antonio Conte's tactics will restore the partnership between Harry Kane (£12.1m) and Son Heung-min (£10.2m), making the South Korean a must-have midfielder in Fantasy Premier League, according to two FPL experts.

Spurs fan Sam Bonfield and her husband Lee are both expecting Tottenham Hotspur's new head coach to use the formation that has helped him win league titles with Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan.

They believe the Italian's style will get the best out of a pair who have already created 35 Premier League goals for each other, one short of the all-time record.

"Conte's built his career around two frontmen that have got good chemistry and work together really well," says Lee in the latest episode of the FPL Show.

"Typically, it's been a big man and little man, or a big man and fast man.

"Here [with Kane and Son] is a perfect set-up, and Conte was probably looking at these two when he was considering the job and thinking, 'I can work with that'."

Sam is also predicting a new advanced role for Son, who is classified as a midfielder in FPL.

"If I didn't already have Kane I'd go for Son, simply because I think we're going to see Son play, as Lee said, in a front two, out of position as basically a striker alongside Harry Kane,” she says.

"If you're going to put that guy out of position up top, he could return lots. Plus you've got the additional benefits of clean-sheet points and everything that comes alongside it."

In the video above, Sam and Lee also discuss which other Spurs player could benefit from Conte's favoured formation, which features a three-man defence and wing-backs.

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