Ange Postecoglou insists he wants to ‘lighten’ Son Heung-min’s workload after playing him more than he wanted this season… with the Tottenham star in DOUBT over their clash with Man United

Ange Postecoglou admits Son Heung-min can no longer be expected to play in every game for Tottenham.

Son has been an ever-present this season, starting with the exception of the Carabao Cup tie in Coventry, when he came on for the final half hour with the result in the balance.

But the 32-year-old is a doubt for Sunday’s match against Manchester United after starting late in Thursday’s 3-0 win against Qarabag in the Europa League with fatigue in a hamstring muscle.

“Whether that’s an injury or just fatigue, we’ll have to see,” said Spurs boss Postecoglou, who has loaded more minutes on his captain than he wanted due to injuries to strikers Richarlison, Wilson Odobert and Dominic Solanke.

“I would have liked to lighten his workload at this start of the year,” Postecoglou said. “He’s definitely played more than I would like.

Son Heung-min is doubtful for Tottenham’s match against Manchester United on Sunday

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“The idea of ​​signing Dom, bringing in Wilson and extending Timo Werner’s loan was to keep his burden under control because he also has international football.

“It’s something I take into account, but it’s just the circumstances.”

Son, who will be assessed on Saturday, is also captain of South Korea and rarely misses a match in international football. Last month he played every minute of two World Cup qualifiers.

“There’s no chance I would ask him not to play,” Postecoglou said. ‘I understand how important it is for him.

‘We can all look in a cold, hard light and think that his club football will benefit from him not playing for his country, but one day he won’t be able to play for his country anymore and I wouldn’t want him to regret that gets from. he missed the opportunity to play more.”

With Richarlison and Odobert still injured, Werner, Dejan Kulusevski and teenager Mikey Moore would be in Postecoglou’s thoughts if he was forced into a change.