Sports

Son: I won’t miss Qatar World Cup

Tottenham forward, Heung-Min Son, says he is fit for the Qatar World Cup with South Korea after undergoing surgery on a fracture around his eye.

Son made this known via a post on his Instagram page on Wednesday.

He wrote: “Hi everyone. I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you all for the messages of support I have received over the last week. I have read so many of them and truly, truly appreciate you all. In a tough time I received a lot of strength from you!

“Playing for your country at the World Cup is the dream of so many children growing up, just as it was one of mine too. I won’t miss this for the world. I can’t wait to represent our beautiful country, see you soon.”

READ ALSO: Injury bars Sadio Mane from Qatar World Cup

Son’s injury had raised fears in South Korea that their star player could miss the tournament in Qatar, their 11th appearance at the World Cup.

The Tottenham forward thrived in South Korea’s convincing qualifying campaign as they won seven and lost only one of their 10 matches, finishing second behind Iran.

Son scored 23 goals last season to become the first Asian player to win the Premier League Golden Boot which he shared with Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

South Korea will play Uruguay on November 24, Ghana on November 28, and later play Portugal on December 2.

The Star

Segun Ojo

Recent Posts

Fubara sacks commissioners, special advisers after meeting Tinubu, Wike

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dissolved the State Executive Council, bringing an end to…

1 hour ago

Gunmen kidnap 12-year-old female student in Ibadan

Gunmen have abducted a 12-year-old female student of a private secondary school in the Challenge…

2 hours ago

2Baba, Natasha dedicate first child in church

Veteran Nigerian singer Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, and his wife, Natasha Osawaru, have…

2 hours ago

Nenadi accuses Abure of breaking into LP secretariat, removing documents

The internal crisis within the Labour Party (LP) escalated on Thursday after the party’s Caretaker…

3 hours ago

FCT bus terminals await FEC approval to commence operations — Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that the three…

4 hours ago

Troops arrest suspected gun-runner, recover weapons in Taraba

Troops deployed to Ibi and the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Wukari have arrested a…

4 hours ago

This website uses cookies.