Tottenham Hotspur attacker Heung-min Son has drawn reference from his time with Manchester United legend Ruud van Nistelrooy to insist that he wants to be that go-to guy for his young team-mate Mikey Moore.
Moore was handed his senior debut by manager Ange Postecoglou, who introduced him in the 88th minute of the 3-1 win over Brentford, last weekend.
Being an academy product, Son insists that there is even more of a need to look after Moore as making the step up to play with the senior team can often be difficult for a youngster.
Son admits though that Moore is showing his personality in the senior squad and is also putting in the hard yards on the training pitch.
Giving his assessment of Moore, Son said at a press conference: “Yes, he’s a fantastic boy and obviously, I mean, he’s coming from the academy.
“You as a club, you look after him even more. Everybody is so welcoming and looking after him.
“So do I, because he’s such a lovely kid and working hard every single day, coming with the first team with that age it’s not easy, you know, like sometimes you’re very shy.
“But he’s showing good personality and working hard, which is very important to me.
“When you see the young players are working hard in the first team and you just want to help, you just want to help him.”
The Spurs attacker recalled his time as a young player at German side Hamburg, where he was taken under the wing of then veteran striker Van Nistelrooy.
“You know that as well when I was young, and now he’s coaching at Manchester United, Ruud van Nistelrooy, he was helping me a lot in my Hamburg time.
“Now I want to be that guy as well, you know, just having him around me and just talking about things,
“Because we are playing in a similar position that if I can help him a little bit with advice, then I’m always open to it.”
Son revealed that out of all the senior Spurs stars, Moore comes to him the most and that is something he likes.
“Mikey is also coming to me most of the times and asking questions, which is very fun. I enjoy talking to him.
“He’s a fantastic boy and then I’m definitely sure that he can be a fantastic player.
“There’s no doubt because he has such amazing quality.
“As we always say about young players, let’s don’t give him too much pressure on his shoulders.
“Just let’s enjoy how he develops, how he improves every single day, every single season and as a fan, as supporters, we should just enjoy watching him and he will be, I think, one of the top players.”
Son is now 32 years old and into his tenth season at Tottenham.
Having become the team’s talisman following the departure of Harry Kane, Son will be keen to do all he can to help Moore and the club’s other talents to fulfil their potential.
