Son Heung-min

What's going on with Tottenham's captain?

Tottenham Hotspur have seen their appeal against Rodrigo Bentancur’s seven-game suspension dismissed. Bentancur was given a seven-game suspension and £100,000 fine by the Football Association (FA) after he said Tottenham team-mate Son Heung-min and his cousins “all look the same” during an interview on television programme Por La Camiseta, which is broadcast in the midfielder’s native Uruguay. The 27-year-old denied the original FA charge and Spurs appealed against the sanction, which they described as “severe”. Tottenham’s appeal could only have reduced...

Ben Davies suggested Bentancur's seven-game ban was the time to 'move on', but his club's appeal means that still cannot happen

Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min is unlikely to feature in the club’s Carabao Cup tie against Manchester City on Wednesday while Wilson Odobert has suffered a “serious” setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury. Son was substituted in Tottenham’s 3-0 victory over Qarabag in September after feeling discomfort in his hamstring which forced him to miss their next three fixtures in all competitions and South Korea’s World Cup qualifying games during the October international break. The 32-year-old returned to the starting line-up and scored in Tottenham’s 4-1...

Son Heung-min is unlikely to feature when Tottenham Hotspur face Crystal Palace this weekend. The Spurs captain made his return from a hamstring injury in the win over West Ham United last weekend but was absent from training this week and missed Thursday’s Europa League victory over AZ Alkmaar. He missed three games in all competitions after suffering the injury in the Europa League win over Qarabag in September and was not part of South Korea’s squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Iraq and Jordan earlier this month. Ange Postecoglou revealed on Friday the 32-year-old isn’t...

Son Heung-min has said that Rodrigo Bentancur “almost cried” when he apologised for his comments about the Tottenham Hotspur captain. Bentancur, 27, said South Korean international Son and his cousins “all look the same” on the television programme Por la Camiseta, which is broadcast in his native Uruguay. Bentancur apologised to Son, 32, on social media and called it “a joke in bad taste.” Tottenham later released a statement saying that Son wanted to “draw a line under the incident.” Earlier this month Bentancur was charged by the Football Association (FA) for...

Rodrigo Bentancur is likely to start for Tottenham against Arsenal but he could be facing a lengthy ban

The club’s moral stance on Bissouma jars when you compare their response to Bentancur’s racist comments towards Son earlier this summer

Son Heung-min says he has accepted Tottenham Hotspur team-mate Rodrigo Bentancur’s apology for using a racial slur. Bentancur, 26, apologised after saying the South Korea international and his cousins “all look the same” during a TV broadcast. The former Juventus midfielder made the comments last week on the football programme Por la Camiseta, which is broadcast in his native Uruguay. He said during the show, while laughing: “Sonny, or a cousin of Sonny, they all look the same.” Bentancur posted on his social media account after the incident: “Sonny, brother! I am sorry for...

Rodrigo Bentancur has apologised to Tottenham Hotspur team-mate Son Heung-min after saying the South Korea international and his cousins “all look the same” during a TV broadcast. The 26-year-old midfielder made the comments on the football programme Por la Camiseta, which is broadcast in his native Uruguay. Bentancur said of his Spurs team-mate Son during the broadcast: “Sonny, or a cousin of Sonny, they all look the same.” The midfielder later took to his social media account to issue an apology to the 31-year-old South Korean. “Sony, brother! I am sorry for what...

Alan Shearer speaks to Jurgen Klinsmann about coaching, football in the U.S., England's Euro hopes and an extraordinary moment with Korea

Ange Postecoglou's attack have struggled to look consistently threatening without their Brazilian No 9 leading the line

The goals. The assists. The evolution into a two-footed goalscoring sensation. Son's numbers after 400 games will stand the test of time

Ange Postecoglou says that for all Son Heung-min’s popularity and reputation as a nice guy, “if something is not right, he will say it.” Tottenham Hotspur head coach Postecoglou was speaking in the wake of the incident at the Asian Cup when Spurs and South Korea national team captain Son dislocated a finger during a disagreement among the Korean squad. Son, 31, was one of a group of senior players who objected to some of the younger ones wanting to leave a team meal early to play table tennis, and he suffered the injury trying to break up the fracas that followed. Postecoglou appointed...

Jurgen Klinsmann has been dismissed from his role as South Korea manager following his side’s Asian Cup semi-final exit on February 6. His sacking was confirmed at a press conference held on Friday with Korea Football Association president Chung Mong-gyu. “The KFA has decided to change the national head coach following a comprehensive review,” he said. “Klinsmann has failed to display managerial capability and leadership expected of a national head coach in areas ranging from tactics, personnel management to work attitude and others required to bring about...

A disagreement between the Spurs and PSG players ended not just with captain Son dislocating his finger, but with disharmony in the camp

They may have Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in and Kim Min-jae, but Klinsmann's side have failed to beat teams ranked 87 and 130 in the world

If the Dutchman can rediscover his early season form, Spurs' chances of success in the next few months will be significantly enhanced