Football
Heung min-Son injury is a blow to Tottenham in more ways than one for do-or-die Frankfurt clash
Son’s absence for crunch Europa League game leaves Ange Postecoglou with two issues
In the days leading up to Tottenham’s Europa League decider against Eintracht Frankfurt, Ange Postecoglou has reminded his players that they still have a chance to achieve “something special” and make it not just a successful season but an historic one.
The match is understandably being framed as a step towards Postecoglou saving his job and earning a third season at the club, but the Australian is determined to see it in a different light and has insisted that the result will not “define” him as a coach.
It is, though, hard to avoid the sense that for Postecoglou, the stakes are enormous, with his future at the club and possible legacy at Spurs resting on a positive result at Deutsche Bank Park.
