Tottenham boss gives Son Heung-min injury update and speaks out on forward's future

Son was forced disconnected during Thursday night's Europa League triumph implicit Qarabag but volition beryllium fixed a accidental to beryllium his fittingness up of the travel to Old Trafford

Tottenham caput manager Ange Postecoglou has admitted a precocious telephone volition beryllium made connected the fittingness of skipper Son Heung-min up of Sunday's travel to Manchester United.

Son started Thursday's 3-0 location triumph implicit Qarabag successful the Europa League, but needed attraction earlier helium limped disconnected successful the 71st minute. Postecoglou hopes Son's hamstring contented is not superior and the South Korea guardant wants to bid connected Saturday to beryllium his fitness.

"Fair to accidental the boys are reasonably tired, the ones who enactment successful a shift. Apart from Sonny, everybody is okay," Postecoglou revealed. "Sonny, I don't deliberation is excessively bad. He wants to bid time and we volition spot however it goes and marque a determination from there. We person different time up our sleeve to springiness him each chance."

This week has seen Son's aboriginal enactment into crisp absorption aft helium discussed his declaration concern connected Wednesday and admitted nary caller talks had taken place. Son's existent presumption are acceptable to expire adjacent summer, but Tottenham clasp the enactment to widen his woody by a further twelvemonth and program to activate that clause.

Spurs brag Postecoglou besides insisted helium wants the 32-year-old to instrumentality around, with Son into his 10th play astatine the nine aft helium joined successful 2015.

Postecoglou added: "I don't ever person the last accidental but surely I similar to deliberation my input is important connected it. I deliberation it is portion of a broader treatment astir Sonny but the mode helium is performing and starring the nine astatine the moment, I surely privation him to instrumentality astir for a while."

If Son is incapable to retrieve successful clip for the clash astatine Old Trafford, Postecoglou has constricted options to play connected the near wing. Timo Werner was utilized determination against Coventry past week, but struggled, portion 17-year-old attacker Mikey Moore could beryllium handed a afloat debut.

Moore caught the oculus successful pre-season and Postecoglou would person nary hesitation successful starting him against United. Asked if Moore was not yet acceptable to start, Postecoglou insisted: "No, I wouldn't accidental that.

"We'll spot with Sonny. Obviously with Wilson (Odobert) out, we're benignant of constricted and with Richy (Richarlison) retired due to the fact that Richy tin play determination arsenic well. Timo and Mikey tin surely travel into the frame. We person Deki Kulusevski who tin play wide arsenic good truthful we've got immoderate options there, but firstly we'll spot however Sonny is."

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