The timing of the tournament is not ideal from Spurs’ perspective and they will selfishly hope to have the forward back sooner rather than later

Tottenham are still fighting on four fronts at the beginning of 2019 and the games are piling up as they compete for glory.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men are challenging for the Premier League title, the FA Cup and are in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, with Champions League last 16 action against Borussia Dortmund to come in February.
After a busy festive schedule, there is no let up for Spurs, but their task has been made somewhat more difficult due to the fact that one of their best players, Heung-min Son, will be unavailable for a number of weeks.

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The forward, who already missed a number of games in August due to his participation in the 2018 Asian Games, has been selected by South Korea for the 2019 Asian Cup, meaning he could potentially miss six games in what is a crucial period of Pochettino’s charges.

How many games Son will miss exactly depends entirely on how well South Korea fare at the continental tournament, which concludes on February 1.
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