"Son Heung-min is having a hard time getting better quickly...Provision of medical information to the Korean national team, fully understand the situation"POSTECH Director"Official"
"Son Heung-min, I don't think it's going to be easy to get better quickly."
Tottenham manager Angie Postecoglou hinted at Captain Son Heung-min's absence from Brighton.
Son Heung-min's Tottenham will clash with Brighton in the seventh round of the English Premier League (EPL) away game at 0:30 a.m. on the 7th (Korea time) at the American Express Stadium in Brighton, England. Tottenham, ranked eighth with 10 points in six games, must catch nine points and Brighton, ranked 10th in the league, to rise in the rankings before the A-match break.
Son Heung-min started in a home game against Karabakh FK in the first round of the Europa League on the 27th of last month, but he collapsed when he complained of thigh pain in the 26th minute of the second half, and has not been able to play in the away match against Manchester United and away match against Ferencvaros in the Europa League since then.
At a press conference ahead of the match against Brighton on the 6th, Coach Postecoglou personally mentioned the extent of Son Heung-min's injury. `Sonny is working hard, but I don't think there will be any improvement fast enough for him to use at this stage" indicated that he would miss three consecutive games. Not only Son Heung-min, but also Wilson Odover will miss the game due to a hamstring injury and Hishalisson will also miss the game due to a shin injury. O'Dober is at least four weeks old, and Hishalisson is also in a difficult state to play. Amid a series of injuries to the strikers, strikers Mikey Moore and Timo Werner, born in 2007, are likely to be starting cards in Brighton's away game. Moore made his first-team debut away to Ferencvaros and played full time in the 90th minute.
Asked whether Son Heung-min will be able to play in the A-match, Postecoglou said, `Just because he doesn't play for our team, he can't help but be close, but we also have to keep our duty as a national team in mind. During the A-match break, the national team is the protection of the players. We have provided all medical information to the Korean national team, and they understand the situation well", he explained.
Hong Myung-bo, head coach of the A-team, also chose to protect Son Heung-min. He was listed on the A-match list in October, but after communicating with the players and the club, he canceled the call-up. Midfielder Hong Hyun-seok was selected as a substitute ahead of his departure from Jordan in the early morning of the 7th. Hong's commitment to protecting the players is strong. At the announcement site of the list on the 30th of last month, "We had a direct communication on whether Son Heung-min will participate or not. Son Heung-min has had a hard time going back and forth between the national team and his team. The condition and physical aspects of the future are more important. Furthermore, if you go to the finals, you are a really important player for our team in terms of performance in the finals. In that regard, I will find a way for the club and the players themselves, our association and the team to communicate well and do well without overdoing it.' "Son Heung-min himself will want to go to the game even if he has difficulties, and many people may wish, but I don't want to force him to suffer in that way."have made it clear that " Then "Son Heung-min's position can have several players. Hwang Hee-chan, Bae Jun-ho, and Lee Jae-sung can all play. Of course, I don't know how it will affect other parts when Son Heung-min doesn't come out, but I think there are enough substitute players in that position."
Meanwhile, Brighton head coach Fabian Wheeler, who Tottenham will face, was born in 1993 and is the youngest head coach in the Premier League, a year younger than Son Heung-min. As a former Bayern Munich youth player, he did not show an impactful performance as a player, but he showed his outstanding ability as a leader. He showed his potential by working as the head coach of Germany's U-18 and U-20 teams in 2018, and after serving as the head coach and acting coach of Jean-Cette Paulier in 2020, he became the official coach in 2022 when he was 29 years old, leading the Bundesliga 2 championship and writing the history of promotion to Jean-Cette Paulier for the first time in 13 years. Proving young leadership, he entered the Premier League. In the absence of Son Heung-min, fans are paying attention to the resourceful confrontation with veteran coach Postecoglou.
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