{"id":300212,"date":"2023-12-14T15:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=300212"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:24:38","slug":"ange-postecoglou-admits-tottenham-will-miss-son-heung-mins-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/ange-postecoglou-admits-tottenham-will-miss-son-heung-mins-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou admits Tottenham will miss Son Heung-min&apos;s leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Ange Postecoglou admits Tottenham will miss Son Heung-min&#8217;s leadership when he leaves for the Asian Cup, as he reveals the club are &#8216;still working&#8217; on finalising a departure date for their talisman ahead of the tournament<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Son Heung-min is set to join up with South Korea to play in the Asian Cup<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Ange Postecoglou believes his side will miss Son&#8217;s leadership qualities<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Man City MUST win before going to &#8216;pointless FIFA jamboree&#8217; &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tottenham are trying to the make the most of Son Heung-min before he departs for the Asian Cup, with Ange Postecoglou aware that his leadership as well as his goals will be missed.<\/p>\n<p>Son contributed one goal and two assists in last weekend\u2019s 4-1 win over Newcastle which halted his team\u2019s winless run in the Premier League. Yet there is talk of the club captain flying to Abu Dhabi to join South Korea\u2019s camp after Tottenham face Bournemouth on December 31.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture list shows the 31-year-old would miss the FA Cup third-round visit of Burnley, potentially a fourth-round tie, and several Premier League games including Manchester United at Old Trafford. Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr are also set to compete at the Africa Cup of Nations for Mali and Senegal respectively over this winter period.<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou is already dealing with a long list of injuries and with these impending absentees to follow, the Spurs boss said ahead of facing Nottingham Forest on Friday night: \u2018For the foreseeable future, it\u2019s where we\u2019re going to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Nothing\u2019s surprised me about Sonny. I\u2019ve known him for a long time. The only new thing for him is that he\u2019s taken over in a leadership role here. He\u2019s taken to that well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/13\/78960625-12864187-image-a-52_1702562126659.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou believes Son Heung-min&#8217;s leadership qualities will be missed when he goes to the Asian Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/13\/78960651-12864187-image-a-53_1702562179570.jpg\" height=\"498\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou revealed the club are still working on finalising a departure date for Son to join up with South Korea<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All those players will be a big loss for us. But that\u2019s been the story of our season. We\u2019ve had to cope without significant players.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou appreciates the importance of the Asian Cup, having won it with Australia in 2015. On when Son will depart, he said: \u2018We\u2019re still working on that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On his squad strength, the Spurs boss added: \u2018That\u2019s dependent on where we\u2019re at from a squad perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Eight guys out, at least seven won\u2019t be back for a little while, you\u2019re left with a fairly thin squad where you can\u2019t rotate players. The way we play is physically and mentally demanding.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou watched the Champions League matches in midweek and said that is where Tottenham need to be \u2013 testing themselves against the best of the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I watched it all,\u2019 he said. \u2018European football in general, that\u2019s where you want to be, involved in those games. You\u2019re playing different countries, different conditions, different styles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It\u2019s something this football club should be a part of. Not being part of it this year has hurt us. Hopefully we\u2019ll be back in it next year.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12864187\/Ange-Postecoglou-admits-Tottenham-miss-Son-Heung-mins-leadership-leaves-Asian-Cup-reveals-club-working-finalising-departure-date-talisman-ahead-tournament.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ange Postecoglou admits Tottenham will miss Son Heung-min&#8217;s leadership when he leaves for the Asian Cup, as he reveals the club are &#8216;still working&#8217; on finalising a departure date for their talisman ahead of the tournament Son Heung-min is set to join&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ange Postecoglou admits Tottenham will miss Son Heung-min&amp;apos;s leadership - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/ange-postecoglou-admits-tottenham-will-miss-son-heung-mins-leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ange Postecoglou admits Tottenham will miss Son Heung-min&amp;apos;s leadership - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ange Postecoglou admits Tottenham will miss Son Heung-min&#8217;s leadership when he leaves for the Asian Cup, as he reveals the club are &#8216;still working&#8217; 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