Injured Son in race to recover for clash against Man United

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has revealed Son Heung-min is fighting to prove his fitness for tomorrow’s clash with Manchester United. Son limped off with a hamstring injury in the 71st minute of Thursday’s 3-0 win against Qarabag in the Europa League.
Postecoglou was uncertain about the extent of his captain’s injury immediately after the Qarabag tie. But he said that the South Korea forward wants to train on Saturday to show he is ready to feature in the Premier League showdown at Old Trafford.
“Fair to say the boys are fairly tired, the ones who put in a shift. Apart from Sonny, everybody is okay,” Postecoglou told reporters. “Sonny, I don’t think is too bad. He wants to train tomorrow and we will see how it goes and make a decision from there. We have another day up our sleeve to give him every chance.”
If Son is unable to recover in time, Postecoglou has several options on the left wing, including Sweden international Dejan Kulusevski. Germany’s Timo Werner replaced Son on Thursday, while 17-year-old attacker Mikey Moore could be handed a full debut.
Son’s long-term future in north London was thrown into the spotlight earlier this week after he said no talks over a new contract had taken place with the Tottenham hierarchy. Son’s current deal expires next year but Tottenham hold the option to extend his contract by a further year and reportedly plan to activate that clause.
Postecoglou made it clear he wants the 32-year-old to stay, with Son into his 10th season at the club he joined from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015. “I don’t always have the final say but certainly I like to think my input is significant on it,” he said. “I think it is part of a broader discussion around Sonny but the way he is performing and leading the club at the moment, I certainly want him to stick around for a while.”

Alisson ready to return for Liverpool, says Slot
Alisson Becker is ready to return from injury for Liverpool’s trip to Premier League strugglers Wolves, manager Arne Slot said. The first-choice goalkeeper has missed the past two games, with Caoimhin Kelleher deputising, but Slot said the Brazilian was in line to play today. “He trained yesterday a part of our session with the group, so we’re expecting him to do the whole session today,” Slot said. “So we think he is available but of course we have to train today. And of course we’re really happy with Alisson being back but I want to emphasise the fact that Caoimhin did really well in the two games he was in goal for us, so another example of me having two, and I think even three, good options in certain positions.”
Liverpool are second, just one point behind champions Manchester City, with four wins from their first five matches.

Fixtures
On Saturday (1400 GMT unless stated):
Newcastle v Manchester City (1130), Arsenal v Leicester, Brentford v West Ham, Chelsea v Brighton, Everton v Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest v Fulham, Wolves v Liverpool (1630)
Sunday: Ipswich v Aston Villa (1300), Manchester United v Tottenham (1530)
Monday: Bournemouth v Southampton (1900)