Son Heung-Min will miss Sunday's Premier League clash against Liverpool as he is set to undergo surgery on a fractured eye injury he sustained during Tottenham's 2-1 victory over Marseille on Tuesday.
The forward was substituted in the first half of Spurs' final Champions League group stage game after sustaining the injury, but Tottenham have not disclosed the timescale of Son's injury; he is due to participate in the World Cup in Qatar with South Korea later this month.
"We can confirm that Heung-Min Son will undergo surgery to stabilise a fracture around his left eye," read a club statement on Wednesday evening. "The South Korea international suffered the injury during the first half of Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League victory at Olympique Marseille.
