Son Heung-min's foot injury seems to be worse than expected.
Tottenham will play the second leg of the Europa League (UEL) quarterfinals against Einracht Frankfurt in 2024-2025 at Deutsche Bank Parc in Frankfurt, Germany, at 4 a.m. on the 18th (Korea time). Tottenham drew 1-1 at home in the first leg.
Ahead of the game, Tottenham released a video of the squad boarding a flight to Germany. Son Heung-min was not seen in the short video for about a minute. Most of the other Tottenham main players appeared. The players in the video were Lucas Beribal, Mikey Moore, Dominic Solanke, Matisse Tell, Antonin Kinski, Mickey van the Penn, Hisalisson, Brandon Austin, Guglielmo Vicario, Christian Romero, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pedro Porro, Archie Gray, James Madison, Brennan Johnson, Yves Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarr, Wilson O'Donbert, Jed Spence, Destiny Udogi and Dejan Kulusevski. Kevin Danso was later identified in the photo of the plane boarding.
A total of 22 players were on board the plane. Captain Son Heung-min and best friend Ben Davis were not the only ones. Son Heung-min is Tottenham's best superstar, so he always comes out while producing such videos at Tottenham. The possibility that Son Heung-min moved to Germany separately is actually very low, leading to concerns that Son Heung-min is not seen.
Concerns are bound to grow as Son Heung-min has just recovered from his injury and returned. Son Heung-min suffered a foot injury in the first leg of the UEL quarterfinals against Frankfurt. Tottenham manager Enze Postecoglou gave Son Heung-min a break in the match against Wolverhampton on the 13th, although his injury was not severe. It was an absence for player management. Postecoglou also responded to the media by saying, `Son Heung-min and Odover will be able to play in the second game.'
Afterwards, Son appeared in training against Frankfurt, which was unveiled on the 16th. Son Heung-min, who took a break, looked bright and did not seem to have a big problem playing in the match against Frankfurt. The news of Tottenham's return to training was good news for fans because Son Heung-min is absolutely necessary to reach the semifinals of the UEL.
However, in a day, Son Heung-min disappeared from official videos or photos at a time when Tottenham had no reason to conduct a smoke screen operation to hide Son Heung-min's participation.
It wasn't a worry for nothing. At a press conference ahead of the match, Postecoglou said, `Son Heung-min did not come with me. He's the only player who couldn't come with him. He has been suffering from a foot injury for weeks. There is pain.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
