Tottenham ahead Son Heung-min will possible be sidelined till the tip of the month due to a leg damage, supervisor Antonio Conte mentioned Friday.
The South Korea worldwide leads the group with eight Premier League targets this season with sixth-place Tottenham difficult for a Champions League spot.
Son had a scan after feeling “a bit of pain in his muscle” the morning after Tottenham’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea in a League Cup match on Wednesday, Conte mentioned.
The supervisor mentioned Son gained’t prepare earlier than the worldwide window within the final week of January.
Tottenham hosts third-tier Morecambe on Sunday within the third spherical of the FA Cup. That’s adopted by the second leg of the League Cup semifinal towards Chelsea subsequent week.
🎙 “The FA Cup is an important competition and we want to try and go to the next step.”
Antonio previews Morecambe. ⤵️
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 7, 2022
Conte’s group then performs three Premier League video games — Arsenal, Leicester and Chelsea — earlier than the worldwide break.
Son’s absence may improve stress on Tottenham to bolster its squad within the present switch window.
⚽️ 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀🅰️ 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁
Our December @PremierLeague Player of the Month nominee. 👏 pic.twitter.com/Ufx2AXQoRA
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 7, 2022
“We have two ways to improve the situation, no? One is to improve the players that we have in our squad. Another opportunity could be to improve the quality of the squad but as you know very well, January is not easy for anyone,” mentioned Conte, who was employed in early November.