Son Heung-min: Tottenham star named in South Korea World Cup squad despite injury

Son has scored 35 goals successful 104 planetary caps since 2010

South Korea person named Son Heung-min successful their 26-man World Cup squad aft the Tottenham guardant declared himself acceptable for the tournament.

But helium assured South Korea fans connected Wednesday that helium volition play successful Qatar.

Coach Paulo Bento says helium is not definite erstwhile Son tin commencement grooming again, up of their archetypal crippled against Uruguay connected 24 November.

"We don't person that accusation yet," said Bento.

"We are successful interaction with him, with the Tottenham aesculapian department. We request to wait, we request to analyse time by time his situation.

"We person clip to determine and the astir important is helium recovers arsenic good arsenic possible, helium feels comfy and past we volition instrumentality the last decision."

Son whitethorn request to deterioration a protective disguise if helium is to play immoderate portion successful Qatar, wherever South Korea volition besides look Ghana and Bento's autochthonal Portugal successful Group H.

Other notable inclusions are Napoli's Kim Min-jae and Wolves' Hwang Hee-chan, who volition beryllium looking to assistance their state scope the knockout stages for the archetypal clip successful 12 years.

South Korea squad

Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-gyu (Al Shabab), Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan Hyundai), Song Bum-keun (Jeonbuk Motors)

Defenders: Kim Min-jae (Napoli), Kim Jin-su (Jeonbuk Motors), Hong Chul (Daegu FC), Kim Moon-hwan (Jeonbuk Motors), Yoon Jong-gyu (FC Seoul), Kim Young-gwon (Ulsan Hyundai), Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan Hyundai), Kwon Kyung-won (Gamba Osaka), Cho Yu-min (Daejon Citizen)

Midfielders: Jung Woo-young (Al Sadd), Na Sang-ho (FC Seoul), Paik Seung-ho (Jeonbuk Motors), Son Jun-ho (Shandong Taishan), Song Min-kyu (Jeonbuk Motors), Kwon Chang-hoon (Gimcheon Sangmu), Lee Jae-sung (Mainz), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Hwang In-beom (Olympiacos), Jeong Woo-yeong (Freiburg), Lee Kang-in (Real Mallorca)

Forwards: Hwang Ui-jo (Olympiacos), Cho Gue-sung (Jeonbuk Motors), Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)