Heung-min Son will undergo surgery to repair a fractured cheekbone raising concerns over his World Cup dream.
As MailOnline exclusively revealed, the forward underwent tests amid fears he had suffered a break of the zygomatic bone on the left side of his face in the brutal aerial challenge with Chancel Mbemba in Tuesday’s Champions League win in Marseille.
And on Wednesday night, Spurs confirmed Son needs an operation to fix the damage caused by the sickening collision.
Heung-min Son will undergo surgery to repair a fractured cheekbone raising concerns over his World Cup dream.
As MailOnline exclusively revealed, the forward underwent tests amid fears he had suffered a break of the zygomatic bone on the left side of his face in the brutal aerial challenge with Chancel Mbemba in Tuesday’s Champions League win in Marseille.
And on Wednesday night, Spurs confirmed Son needs an operation to fix the damage caused by the sickening collision.
Indeed, sources were not ruling out that Son could be fitted with a protective mask with a view to being available for the last Premier League game before Qatar - against Leeds on November 12.
The prospect of losing Son for the games against Liverpool and Leeds will come as a blow to Tottenham boss Antonio Conte whose forward line is already ravaged by injury.
Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski are currently unavailable meaning Harry Kane and Lucas Moura are Tottenham’s only fit forwards if Son cannot play this weekend.
As well as determining the extent of the damage to his cheekbone, Son was also undergoing concussion checks on Wednesday.
The initial indications were that Son did not suffer a concussion but if he has suffered head trauma, he will have to spend a mandatory six days out of action.
Meanwhile, key defender Cristian Romero has suffered a muscle strain that is expected to keep him out until the World Cup.
Conte’s players were off on Wednesday and have another free day today as reward for their 2-1 win in Marseille that booked their place in the Champions League last 16.
After the defeat in against Sporting in Lisbon, the Spurs manager made his players report for an 11am training session despite the fact they’d arrived back from Portugal just a few hours earlier.
But Conte showed his softer after returning from France during the early hours of Wednesday morning by giving them two consecutive days off ahead of the game against Liverpool on Sunday.
