Son and Bissouma ready for Spurs game with Brighton

Son Heung-min and Yves Bissouma returned to Tottenham Hotspur this week from international duty, and both are ready for Spurs' game with Brighton & Hove Albion, manager Ange Postecoglou said on Friday.

Son was involved with South Korea at the Asian Cup where they lost to Jordan in the semi-final on Tuesday while Bissouma's Mali exited the Africa Cup of Nations last weekend at the quarter-final stage.

Spurs, fifth in the standings on 44 points, host Brighton on Saturday, with Roberto De Zerbi's side in eighth place on 35 points.

"Sonny and Biss they trained well. Sonny did recovery on Thursday and trained today," Postecoglou told a press conference.

"He is very disappointed for Korea's exit, at the semi-final stage you feel so close. But he gave everything for his nation, no-one could question his commitment.

"I spoke to him after and he was keen to be back, so no surprise he was back training straight away."

The manager also played down concerns over Bissouma, after media reports that he had played through the illness with malaria at the tournament.

"No, that's not right. He had a slight form of malaria before the tournament, but it cleared up by the start of tournament. He's 100 per cent now."

Manor Solomon hasn't played since September and Postecoglou confirmed that the winger had another procedure on his knee earlier this week and is still another two or three weeks away from a return.

Another injury concern was Giovani Lo Celso who missed the last three league games for Spurs.

"Lo Celso trained all week but he's missed a fair bit of football so we'll see whether he needs another week or not," the manager said.

"It's probably, for want of a better word, the healthiest squad we've had for quite a while anyway."

Spurs conceded