His Heung-min should return from the Asian Cup after the shock suffered by Qatar in South Korea

Tottenham received unexpected momentum

His Heung-min and his South Korean teammates were eliminated from the Asian Cup in the quarterfinals after a surprise defeat against Qatar.

The Qataris won the match in Abu Dhabi by a single goal, scored 12 minutes from the end by Abdulaziz Hatem.

Although disappointing for Son, the announcement of the early exit of South Korea from the competition just give a boost to his club.

Tottenham lost Harry Kane as a result of an ankle injury during the final leg of his 1-0 defeat against Manchester United earlier in the month and is expected to resume training only in early March. Following this setback, the Spurs also lost Dele Alli following a thigh injury in their 2-1 win at Fulham on the weekend.

The two English internationals put aside, Maurico Pochettino will be relieved to have the selection of his available soon. Even though he should not be back in time to play the Spurs FA Cup game at Crystal Palace on Sunday, it is now conceivable that Son could play the home game against Watford on Wednesday night.

Otherwise, he will almost certainly be ready to play Newcastle on February 2 – the same day as the Asian Cup final, many expected him and his international teammates to play.

Tottenham should also badess the fitness of Moussa Sissoko and Ben Davies before the match at Palace this weekend. The two men were injured in the Carabao Cup semi-final defeat at Chelsea on Thursday night.