Son Heung-min is back from international duty at the Asia Cup (Picture: Getty)
Ange Postecoglou expects Spurs captain Son Heung-min to feature in Saturday’s game against Brighton following his return from international duty.
The 31-year-old has been in sparkling form this season having been given a new lease of life under Tottenham’s new manager.
In his absence, Postecoglou’s side have exited the FA Cup and won just one of their last three Premier League games, culminating in last weekend’s 2-2 draw against Everton which saw Spurs conceded an injury time equaliser.
The goals of Richarlison, who has scored nine goals in his last 10 games, have largely offset Son’s unavailability, but Postecoglou is delighted to be able to welcome his main man back to the fold.
Son returned to the club’s training ground earlier this week and when asked if the his star forward and midfielder Yves Bissouma, would feature against the Seagulls, Postecoglou said:’Yeah, they’re good.
‘Obviously Biss had a bit of a longer trip but Sonny played and they had a pretty tough tournament with a lot of extra times and late finishes.
‘But both trained today and both are in good spirits.’
In his subsequent press conference, he added: ‘Sonny did recovery on Thursday and trained today. Biss trained, Lo Celso trained. The only ones still out are Solomon and Sessegnon.
‘Sonny and Biss they trained well. Gio trained all week but he’s missed a fair bit of football so we’ll whether he needs another week or not.’
On the issue of conceding too many late goals, meanwhile, Postecoglou insists there is no need to focus on preventative measures despite last weekend’s setback.
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‘It’s disappointing to concede goals at any point,’ he said. ‘People will want to analyse it. I’m sorry but we’re going to be a team that will score or concede goals late.
‘The way we want to close out games is by trying to scoring goals late on. One thing we’re not going to do is jump at shadows and try to fix the latest thing being analysed.’