Son Heung-min has revealed that he "struggled with pain all season" which eventually led to him getting surgery on a sports hernia injury after Tottenham's final match of the campaign. Going into the 2022/23 season on the back of winning the Premier League Golden Boot, the South Korean international really struggled for form in the opening weeks and it wasn't until their seventh league game when he finally netted for the first time.
Despite a strong international break after scoring in both of South Korea's games against Costa Rica and Cameroon, the 30-year-old's woes in front of goal for Tottenham continued until his form started to pick up towards the end of the campaign. Not on the scoresheet in the 4-1 win over Leeds on the final day but managing to get an assist after teeing up Harry Kane, Son underwent surgery on the issue that had plagued him before returning to his home country.
football.london understands that the attacker was playing with the injury but managing it throughout the season, as he didn't want to miss any matches.
