Ange Postecoglou on Son Heung-min for Europa League final, Tottenham Spurs vs Manchester United, video, highlights

Ange Postecoglou says he’s “half hopeful” that captain Son Heung-min will return on Sunday as he makes plans for Tottenham’s showdown with Manchester United within the Europa League closing.

South Korea worldwide Son, 32, has missed the membership’s previous seven fixtures with a foot damage, together with each legs of Tottenham’s 5-1 combination win in opposition to Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt within the Europa League semi-finals.

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“Everyone got through OK the other night. Half hopeful that we get Sonny some minutes tomorrow so he’ll be the only one that sort of can come back in,” Spurs boss Postecoglou stated on Saturday.

“I think what we do know about Thursday night, playing on an artificial pitch (in Norway) takes a lot out of the players, it’s fair to say they were sore.”

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Defenders Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Future Udogie are anticipated to be rested in opposition to Palace.

Tottenham are a lowly sixteenth within the Premier League forward of their match in opposition to Palace — a degree and a spot beneath United.

However they reached the semi-finals of the League Cup and have an opportunity to win their first silverware for 17 years within the Europa League.

The Australian will convey up a century of fixtures as Tottenham boss within the Europa League closing in opposition to United in Bilbao on Could 21.

“It’d be a nice little bow there for that 100 and it’s been a really full 100,” he stated.

“It’s fair to say I’ve experienced just about every emotion in it and hopefully the one main emotion we’re all after will be the joy at the end of it.

“We have had a ridiculous injury-riddled season coupled by the fact we’ve done really well in two competitions and that is 60 games.

“So, it has felt — and certainly for me personally it has felt — like a really, really long season.

“But you just get energy and realise what happened the other night and you’re so close to achieving something special that it all dissipates into the background, so you get the energy you need.”