On Sunday, Son Heung-min missed Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford due to an injury.
The forward suffered an injury in Spurs’ Europa League win over Qarabag last Thursday. A day later, Ange Postecoglou said the 32-year-old is struggling with a “fatigue in his hamstring’.
This didn’t stop South Korea manager Hong Myung-bo from including the Tottenham star in his squad for October’s international break.
The Taegeuk Warriors will take on Jordan and Iraq in World Cup qualifiers next month. After announcing the squad for these two fixtures earlier today, Hong Myung-bo spoke to reporters and his comments are relayed by Chosun.
According to the national team manager, Son is making progress on his recovery. At the same time, he has insisted that both the player and the north London club want to avoid rushing him back.
“I communicated directly with Son Heung-min about his participation. I feel that he is gradually improving. Of course, I heard from him and the club that he is not in a position to play right now. He still has a few [club] games left. We’ll see whether he can play or not,” he said.
Tottenham will travel to Hungary to face Ferencváros in the Europa League on Thursday and then take on Brighton & Hove Albion in the league on October 6th. It’ll be interesting to see whether Son will be involved in these two matches.
The South Korean has scored two goals and registered two assists from seven games for Spurs this season.