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I really hope we can come to some agreement with South Korea to let Son rest over those two fixtures. Yes, he is an icon over there and he is of the mentality that he doesn't want to let his teammates or fans down, but we are talking about two friendlies here.Trouble is there’s two international games coming up after this, he needs to personally manage himself there too.
He had a poor last season by his standards due to playing in pain and discomfort. In the last few weeks he's been seen heavily bandaged after a Korea game (another friendly) and he has now had to come off early in two massive top 6 games for us.
The last time the Asian Cup was held, we came to an agreement that he would miss the first two Asia Cup games as a compromise for allowing him to leave mid season.
That won't be applicable this season as the PL winter break starts around the same time as the tournament starts.
Spurs can at the same time agree to let Son rest against Luton (or start from the bench), and we can give him a three week rest for the benefit of both club and country.