Jose Mourinho gives Son Heung-min injury update and reveals two players to miss out at Newcastle

Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Son Heung-min will likely be chosen on Sunday for Tottenham’s recreation away in opposition to Newcastle United.

Sustaining a hamstring injury within the opening phases of the north London derby defeat at Arsenal prior to the worldwide break, many feared the worst when he went to floor and have been anticipating a protracted layoff for the Spurs attacker.

However, the injury wasn’t as unhealthy as first feared however it did cease the 28-year-old going away with South Korea on worldwide obligation to characterize his nation.

Son has since frolicked recovering at the membership’s Hotspur Way coaching base and the excellent news is that he will likely be accessible for the journey to the north east at the weekend because the Lilywhites look to make it two wins on the bounce within the league.

Speaking at his pre-match press convention to preview the fixture on Tyneside, Mourinho confirmed that Son is match as soon as once more however each Matt Doherty and Ben Davies will miss out.

“Good. Sonny’s good.” defined Mourinho. “Yeah. He will likely be chosen. Yep.

“He was injured. He skilled with the staff totally for the primary time this morning. Yesterday he was coming to do partial workout routines, not a whole session. This morning was the primary time he did it and final week he did not prepare at all. So it was utterly inconceivable for him to play within the worldwide interval.

“It would have additionally been inconceivable to play if the sport was yesterday or Tuesday, so this time was a great time for him to get well from injury. So at the second we now have Doherty and Ben Davies out and other than that everybody is match.”

When requested if Sergio Reguilon is match sufficient to return, he added: “Yeah, yeah, he is prepared.”

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The information concerning Reguilon, who was substituted off with an injury at Villa Park, signifies that he’ll get the nod at left-back with Davies not accessible.

However, Mourinho nonetheless has a choice to make on the alternative flank although Doherty just isn’t match to play after selecting up a knock through the worldwide break.

Japhet Tanganga may keep it up at right-back after a formidable displaying in opposition to Aston Villa as Mourinho switched issues up when it comes to his backline, whereas Serge Aurier will likely be pushing for a begin after catching the attention for Ivory Coast over the previous week.

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