[엑스포츠뉴스 김정현 인턴기자] Coach Jose Mourinho responded with concern over the loan of injured Son Heung-min.
Coach Jose Mourinho held a press conference on the 18th (Korean time) ahead of the upcoming 2020/21 season UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg match against Dynamo Zagreb.
Director Mourinho received a question about Son Heung-min’s selection of the Korean national team at a press conference.
Son Heung-min was replaced with a hamstring injury in 16 minutes in the first half against Arsenal in the 28th round.
Initially, the Korean national team had scheduled a list announcement date just after Arsenal, but it was unexpectedly injured by Son Heung-min, and it was included in the list as usual.
At a press conference, coach Paulo Bento said,’Conversation with the Korea Football Association and Tottenham Club is ongoing about Son Heung-min’s degree of injury and test results. We are waiting for the results and we will decide whether or not to make a final selection based on the degree of injury.
Coach Mourinho replied, “I don’t know,” when asked how long Son Heung-min will be absent. Regarding Son Heung-min’s selection, he said, “If a player is injured and cannot play, any game will be impossible.”
Subsequently, coach Mourinho said,’It doesn’t matter what the game is. If next week comes and confirms to the Korea Football Association that Son Heung-min is injured, what can Son Heung-min do there? I can’t do anything. He said he would not be able to play in the national team game.
Son Heung-min is expected to return quickly, unexpectedly, and there is also a possibility of returning to the league match against Newcastle after an A match in March, or even earlier in the league round 18 against Aston Villa on the 22nd.
The Korean soccer team played in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th, after 10 years of evaluation with the Japanese soccer team, but players from the Chinese league have already been rejected.
Leipzig’s Hwang Hee-chan was also included in the national team’s list, but was rejected due to rejection due to quarantine guidelines in Saxony, Germany.
In addition, Son Heung-min is also injured and has expressed concern about the selection of coach Mourinho, so it is expected that it will be difficult to join Son Heung-min, which the Korea Football Association and Bento coach had hoped for.
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