Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min has confirmed that he will be in South Korea's World Cup squad despite fracturing his eye socket in four places last week.
The 30-year-old had successful surgery on Friday and will wear a specially-designed protective mask during the tournament in Qatar. Son suffered the gruesome injury in the first half of Spurs' Champions League win away to Marseille eight days ago having clashed with a should of the French club's defender Chancel Mbemba.
Son required assistance to stagger off the pitch and walk down the tunnel. Initially there were fears that he would miss out on leading South Korea at the World Cup and his surgery was brought forward by a couple of days to increase his chances of making it.
