Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou is set to welcome back captain Heung-min Son against West Ham on Saturday.

The South Korean has missed the last three matches and his country’s internationals.

After picking up a muscle injury against Qarabag in the Europa League last month. But has trained this week.

In a major boost to Tottenham’s forward options, Richarlison is also back with the first team though likely to start on the bench against the Hammers, with Postecoglou having already promised to be cautious with the Brazilian following his latest injury lay-off.

Wilson Odobert remains sidelined, with Postecoglou hopeful Heung-min Son that the French forward will back in training next week. While Lucas Bergvall picked up a knock on Sweden duty but should be fit to make the squad this weekend.

Son is likely to replace Timo Werner in Spurs’ front line but Postecoglou is otherwise expected to name a similar team to https://ufabet999.app the 3-2 defeat at Brighton last time out. Despite Spurs’ second-half collapse from 2-0 up on the south coast.

Predicted Tottenham (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Kulusevski, Maddison; Johnson, Son, Solanke

Wolves forward Hwang Hee-chan, who score Heung-min Sonhis 10th Premier League goal of the season against Brentford on Wednesday, was also among Klinsmann’s 26-man selection for the tournament. Which kicks off in Qatar on Jan. 12.

South Korea was drawn into Group E and will face Malaysia. Jordan and Bahrain in the first round.

The country lost 1-0 to eventual champions Qatar in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Klinsmann, a World Cup winner with Germany in 1990, will have one of the strongest squads in the tournament in Qatar and he said he could “see it in their eyes that they are hungry for it.”

“I have a good feeling because they’re doing well at their clubs,” he said.

“They’re healthy, they’re fit, they’re ambitious and they’re very hungry. This is the foundation for playing a good tournament.”