Nah. Make no mistake, I loved it when we signed him because I thought he was a talent that we weren't really high-profile enough to snatch - he was (and remains) young, two-footed, pacy, direct, hard-working, the ideal inside forward for a Poch side. He was playing for Leverkusen, who were in the CL then and seemingly had no reason to sell him - and there was seemingly no reason for him to make what seemed like a sideways or even somewhat downward move to Tottenham, then only a Europa League side. Despite all that, though, he signed, and I was delighted when we pulled it off.
But he wasn't the best attacking player in Germany at the time. He wasn't even Leverkusen's top scorer in 14/15 (that title belonged to Karim Bellarabi, I believe), and the likes of Aubameyang, Muller and even Bas Dost had outscored him in 14/15, to say nothing of established superstars like Lewandowksi and Robben - while the likes of De Bruyne, Firmino and Max Kruse put up many more assists than him (he wasn't really an assists-type of player, a fact that remains in evidence today, I think).
We got Son for a relatively reasonable price that I was nonetheless surprised we were willing to pay (22.5 million quid after the previous summer where we'd cheaped out and bought Stambouli and Fazio seemed...out of character). His possible military service issues aside, he's been and will continue to be a good investment by the club. He was at the upper limit of the type of players we could feasibly make a move for. For all these reasons, he's been a good signing. The type I would like to see us replicate a bit more. But he had flaws to his game then that he still has now (decision-making, inconsistency et al) that precluded him from being 'top bracket'.
