London: Tottenham Hotspur's Heung-min Son has travelled back to Britain after completing a three-week period of military service in his native South Korea.
The 27-year-old forward spent the time with a Marine Corps unit on the southern island of Jeju, according to local media.
Son fulfilled the requirements of a military service exemption he earned by winning the gold medal for South Korea in the football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games. Without that exemption, he would have been required by law to serve 21 months.
Son, who recently recovered from a broken arm sustained in a match in February, is not required to self-isolate back in London unless he tests positive for the coronavirus and will be free to take part in individual training when it resumes, potentially as early as Monday.
He sustained it during the latter stages of their dramatic 3-2 EPL victory over Aston Villa on February 16, but the unexpected break in play since has benefited him and his teammates.
The 27-year-old scored 16 goals and created nine assists for the EPL side across all competitions before football was suspended indefinitely back in March.
Tottenham were among the first EPL clubs to resume individual sessions at their training ground and in a boost for Spurs, Son could take part as early as this coming Monday.
The club's top goalscorer and captain Harry Kane was able to fully recover from a lengthy hamstring injury which threatened to keep him out of Euro 2020 contention this summer.
Steven Bergwijn, who joined the club for £25.4m in January, is rehabbing an ankle injury and will have been grateful for extended time off which didn't affect his recovery timeline.
