Son Heung-min hasn’t featured for Tottenham Hotspur since their 3-0 win over Qarabag FK in the Europa League on September 26th. The South Korea international suffered a thigh injury in the same clash.
Last week, South Korea manager Hong Myung-bo included the forward in his squad for October’s international break.
The national team boss had also stated the 32-year-old is making gradual progress, but Spurs don’t want him to rush back. There’s been a new development around the Tottenham star in the last few hours.
The Korea Football Association [KFA] have now confirmed, relayed by FourFourTwo, that the Spurs attacker has been withdrawn from the squad. Son has been replaced by Mainz 05’s Hong Hyun-seok for the two World Cup qualifiers against Jordan and Iraq this month.
“It was decided that Son Heung-min, who suffered a left thigh injury, needs rest and has been excluded from the squad to protect the player. Hong Hyun-seok has been selected to replace Son Heung-min,” a statement from KFA read.
Ange Postecoglou has been without Son for Tottenham’s last two wins against Manchester United and Ferencvárosi.
The north London club will face Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday and Son is unlikely to be available for the weekend’s league tie. He has scored two goals and registered two assists from seven games for Tottenham this season.