Ange Postecoglou held his press conference ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s clash with Brighton & Hove Albion at the weekend. Spurs are hoping to make it six wins in a row ahead of the international break.
The 59-year-old has needed to deal with several injury problems during the past couple weeks. Richarlison has been out for a while and recently both Son Heung-min and Destiny Udogie have missed games with problems.
football.london‘s football correspondent Tom Canton was among those putting the questions to postecoglou at the press conference at Hotspur Way on Friday morning. Here’s every single word the Australian said ahead of the match.
First things first last night, all good. Obviously, fairly tired but physically no issues from last night’s game. Then out of the guys who sort of stayed back, Destiny we think will be okay.
We have training today and tomorrow so he has to get through that. Sonny unlikely, he’s pushing hard but I just don’t think the turnaround will be quick enough for him to be available at this stage. And then that’s it, the others are kind of long-term.
Can you rule Son out of the international break?
Well yeah, if he doesn’t play for us its not like he’s close then it makes sense. But then again we have to be mindful, that international duty, national teams take over they are the custodians of their players but we’ve given them all of the medical information, they understand and they are understanding of the situation
Son Heung-min is a huge doubt for Tottenham Hotspur as they take on Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
The South Korea international has missed the last two Spurs games with a hamstring injury. He was substituted in last week’s 3-0 Europa League clash against Qarabag, with the problem causing him to miss the subsequent 3-0 win over Manchester United and Thursday evening’s 2-1 victory over Ferencvaros.
Spurs are back in Premier League action on Sunday afternoon when they take on Brighton at the Amex Stadium (4.30pm kick-off). Despite the game taking place on Sunday, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers have to make a decision on whether to keep Son in their team before the 11am deadline on Saturday morning.
With that in mind, here is everything you need to know about Son’s availability and if he is able to feature for Tottenham against the Seagulls.
What has been said?
Providing an update on Son in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Ange Postecoglou said that Son is ‘pushing hard’ for a return. “Sonny is unlikely, he’s pushing hard but it is too soon,” he said.
He also added that he doesn’t expect the forward to feature for South Korea over the international break. He added: “If he doesn’t play for us, it doesn’t seem like he’s close, it makes sense [to not too].”
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