It remains to be seen if he will play after a serious facial injury
SEOUL: Son Heung-min was named in South Korea’s squad on Saturday for the Qatar World Cup.
However, it remains to be seen if he will play after a serious facial injury.
South Korea’s captain and talisman suffered a fracture around his left eye during a Champions League match for Tottenham and then had surgery last week.
“We are in contact with him and Tottenham’s medical department,” said South Korea’s Portuguese coach Paulo Bento as he named his squad. “About the exact day he can train with the team, we don’t have that information. We need to wait, we need to analyse day by day his situation.”
Bento named a 27th player, forward Oh Hyeon-gyu, who will train with the team in Qatar and could replace Son if he does not make it.
South Korea’s opening match is against Uruguay on November 24.
