Tottenham News: The return of Spurs and his son after the elimination of the South Korean Asian Cup

His Heung-min, the Tottenham striker, will be back in the club earlier than expected after South Korea was eliminated from the Asian Cup in the quarterfinals.

Qatar managed to produce a 1-0 shock against Korea on Friday, meaning the 26-year-old will soon be able to return to England.

The latest news will bring a huge boost to Spurs officials and supporters, while Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Moussa Sissoko have been sidelined over the past two weeks.

Although the exact date of Son's return is not yet known, he should be back well before the end of the Asian Cup on February 2, which means that he could be available for the Premier League matches against Watford and Newcastle.

His son, however, be unavailable for Tottenham fourth round The England Cup will be played at Crystal Palace on Sunday, which will mark his third consecutive absence while he was on an international mission.

Mauricio Pochettino's men suffered in their last two outings, barely touching Fulham at Craven Cottage thanks to a last-minute strike from Harry Winks, before leaving the Carabao Cup after a loss to penalty shoot-out at Chelsea on Thursday.

The Spurs are still in the race for silver on three fronts this season, however, with a draw against the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund for next month, it will be for next month.

While the gap between them and the leaders of the Premier League, Liverpool is now nine points, Tottenham are still considered as dark horses in the title race and they will also have to make their way up to the last leg of the FA Cup.

Son scored 11 goals and 5 badists for Spurs around the world. competitions until this season and he will probably be invited to lead the line instead of Kane on his return.

The former star of Bayer Leverkusen has failed to find the back of the net at the Asian Cup. South Korea beat Bahrain and China with Son in the team, before ending up in the quarter-finals.

Despite Son's return to the Spurs, Pochettino admitted he might consider making new faces shine before the January window closes, suggesting replacing Mousa Dembele, who left for Guangzhou R & F, as an option.

"We are working," he said at a press conference before the shock of Spurs' fourth round against the Crystal Palace. "There are some options, we'll see if we can deliver [on] he. Now we have a space where Dembele is gone.

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"I'm more than willing to improve and add players to the team, you can find on the internet or in my previous press conferences that I always say the same thing.

"If we can find the right player who will help us improve, then we will … but we have never been close.There is always a chance.We still have seven days [of the transfer window].

"It sounds weird if you do not spend money, but it's not because we do not want to, but because under different circumstances we can not sign."