Tottenham have told Son Heung-min he cannot travel to South Korea on international duty after their brightest summer signing suffered a worrying foot injury.
|||Tottenham have told Son Heung-min he cannot travel to South Korea on international duty after their brightest summer signing suffered a worrying foot injury.
Manager Mauricio Pochettino cagily said the £22million forward will be out for ‘a few weeks’ after suffering the problem against Manchester City on Saturday.
That has kept him from travelling here, where Spurs will tonight look to strengthen their Europa League Group J prospects against Monaco. But it will also interfere with Son’s national team, South Korea, who have a World Cup qualifier against Kuwait and a friendly with Jamaica in the next fortnight.
‘He is injured and I think he will stay in England,’ said Pochettino. ‘I think it will be a few weeks but it is an injury we need to assess every day. We believe it is not a big, big issue but the recovery is different with different players.’
Losing Son, who has scored three times in four starts for Spurs, is a blow for Pochettino, who is also without Ryan Mason, Mousa Dembele, Alex Pritchard and Nabil Bentaleb. Kyle Walker has been left in London to rest.
Pochettino admitted that the issue of English sides’ struggles in Europe needs to be addressed.
‘The European teams treat this competition with priority and rest players in the domestic competition. For England it is the opposite.’ – Daily Mail
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