Son Heung-min is receiving no guarantees regarding his starting role at Tottenham amid a disappointing campaign on an individual level.
Son was a joint top scorer alongside Mohammed Salah of Liverpool in the last campaign with each netting 23 times for teh golden boots award.
But in the 2022-23 campaign, Son has netted just four in 21 league appearances, meaning he looks likely to fall short of 10 top-flight goals for the first time since his debut campaign in England (2015-16, four goals).
Tottenham falling short in attacking options has made the Asian to keep his place in the team, but with the current form of Brazilian Richarlison, the former Bayern Leverkusen man may have to be used more from the bench.
Stellini, who currently is standing in for Conte who is away for surgery is making lots of experiments with the team, and Son seems to produce better results when starting from the bench.
The battle for a first team play time is fierce among Richarlison, Kulusevski and Son, unlike it use to be, if Son really has to keep his place in the team, he has work on his table.