Tottenham Hotspur ahead Son Heung-Min had surgical procedure on Friday to restore the bones round his eye, which had been fractured in 4 locations after a collision with Marseille’s Chancel Mbemba in a Champions League match. The harm was extreme sufficient that there was some query as as to if Son, the South Korea workforce captain and greatest participant, would have the ability to take part for his nation within the World Cup in Qatar later this month.
There’s excellent news on that entrance immediately courtesy of Mike McGrath within the Day by day Telegraph. In response to McGrath, Son’s surgical procedure went “in addition to may very well be hoped,” effectively sufficient that the membership feels optimistic that Son will have the ability to be prepared in time for Korea’s first World Cup match on November 24 in opposition to Rodrigo Bentancur and Uruguay.
That’s unquestionably excellent news for Son and for Korea, however clearly not for Tottenham. His restoration implies that Son will nearly actually miss all of Tottenham’s remaining three upcoming matches — in opposition to Liverpool tomorrow, the EFL Cup tie at Nottingham Forest mid-week, and the house match in opposition to Leeds on November 12.
Son’s harm places them in a brief harm disaster. Whereas Dejan Kulusevski has returned to full coaching and is predicted to function at the very least in a restricted capability tomorrow, Spurs are nonetheless with out Richarlison, Son, and Cristian Romero. Antonio Conte additionally reported that attacker Lucas Moura was experiencing tendonitis forward of the Liverpool match. We don’t but know the way Conte will choose to arrange his workforce in opposition to Liverpool with these accidents in thoughts.
Sonny will nearly actually be taking part in within the World Cup in a masks, just like the one worn by Manchester Metropolis attacker Kevin De Bruyne, who skilled an analogous harm in 2021. Korea are in a troublesome World Cup group, drawn with the aforementioned Uruguay, Ghana, and Portugal.
Son Heung-Min surgical procedure profitable, with hopes of World Cup participation
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