Son Heung-min: South Korea forward could miss World Cup

Son Heung-min has scored 96 goals successful 245 Premier League appearances for Tottenham

Tottenham guardant Son Heung-min is to person country to stabilise a fracture astir his near oculus which could regularisation him retired of the World Cup.

"Following surgery, Son volition commence rehabilitation with our aesculapian unit and we shall update supporters further successful owed course," said a Spurs statement.

Son helped South Korea suffice for the World Cup, which starts connected 20 November.

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Tottenham person not said erstwhile Son volition person country and person not enactment a timescale connected however agelong the guardant volition beryllium retired for.

In the much contiguous future, the wounded is simply a stroke for Spurs, who big Liverpool successful the Premier League connected Sunday (16:30 GMT).

Son has had his signifier questioned this play but scored a hat-trick aft coming connected arsenic a substitute successful the 6-2 triumph implicit Leicester connected 17 September and netted doubly against Eintracht Frankfurt successful the Champions League connected 12 October.

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