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Will Son Heung-min go to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? Coach hopes so but Qatar 2022 qualifiers loom large
- Tottenham star is one of 11 overage players included on South Korea’s 50-player longlist for Summer Games, says coach Kim
- Only Olympic appearance saw Son cry all day after shock defeat to Honduras in Rio 2016 quarter-finals
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Will Spurs star Son Heung-min play at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games? It’s a question that fans of the English Premier League club want answered.
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The Tokyo 2020 men’s football tournament finishes on August 7 while the English Premier League’s 2021-22 season kicks off a week later on Saturday August 14.
Last summer there was hardly any break between the seasons thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic and Son’s form has suffered in the middle of this season, although some of that could be down to the team suffering under Jose Mourinho, who was since sacked.
Despite that this has been Son’s most prolific season in front of goal in the English Premier League since arriving from German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen in 2015.
Son, 28, has scored a career best 22 times in the all competitions this season He has hit a career-high 17 in the league and laid on 10 goals for teammates, while he and Harry Kane set a record for the most goals created and scored by a duo, surpassing Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.
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