Son Heung-Min: South Korea star suffers fractured eye and faces race to be match for World Cup

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Son Heung-Min’s hopes of enjoying on the World Cup later this month are doubtful after Tottenham confirmed the South Korean star will want surgical procedure on a fracture round his left eye.

The 30-year-old suffered the harm throughout Tottenham’s Champions League win towards Marseille on Tuesday and now faces a race to be match for Qatar 2022 which begins on November 20.

Son was caught within the face when difficult for a header with Chancel Mbemba and was handled on the pitch throughout a prolonged delay to the sport.

He was then helped off the pitch by the membership’s medical workers however seemed very disoriented as he did so.

Tottenham went on to win the sport 2-1 to safe high spot within the group and development into the knockout phases of the competitors.

“We will verify that Heung-Min Son will endure surgical procedure to stabilise a fracture round his left eye,” Tottenham mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.

“Following surgical procedure, Son will start rehabilitation with our medical workers and we will replace supporters additional sooner or later.”

The membership stopped in need of giving a time-frame for Son’s return however there's precedent for gamers getting back from such an harm inside three weeks.

Kevin De Bruyne suffered a fractured eye whereas enjoying for Manchester Metropolis within the 2021 Champions League ultimate and was again enjoying for Belgium on the European Championships inside 21 days.

South Korea begins its World Cup marketing campaign towards Uruguay on November 24 and can be determined for its captain and finest participant to be slot in time.

A number of different stars are additionally racing to be match for the match in Qatar.

England’s Ben Chilwell limped off the pitch with an obvious hamstring harm throughout Chelsea’s Champions League win towards Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday however the extent of the harm will not be but clear.

It comes shortly after Paul Pogba’s agent confirmed he would miss the match via harm.

The midfielder’s France teammate Raphael Varane can be a doubt after limping off in tears throughout Manchester United’s draw towards Chelsea final month.