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Son Heung-min is already on his way back to Tottenham from the Asian Cup and could be ready to face Brighton on Saturday.

Son Heung-min is expected at Tottenham's training ground on Thursday after South Korea's Asian Cup exit after they lost 2-0 to Jordan in the semi-finals.

While the majority of the South Korea squad have returned to their home country along with manager Jurgen Klinsmann, Son headed straight to the UK and will link up with his Spurs team-mates again on Thursday.

Spurs have been without Son for four matches over the past month, claiming only one victory during that period without their 12-goal attacker.

Ange Postecoglou could have Yves Bissouma in contention for the clash with Brighton after Mali were knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, but the midfielder will be assessed after struggling with illness during the tournament.

Meanwhile, Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven has admitted he was so angry after dropping points in the race for the top four he was rendered speechless in the dressing room after the draw with Everton.

Spurs conceded an equaliser to Jarrad Branthwaite's header in the fourth minute of added time as their game at Goodison Park finished 2-2, despite twice being ahead through Richarlison's double which took his tally to nine in his last eight games.

Three points would, at the time, have lifted them level on points with second-placed Manchester City and north London rivals Arsenal but they missed the opportunity and Aston Villa's trouncing of Sheffield United later in the day meant there is now a two-point gap to fourth place.

Asked what he did when he got back to the dressing room, Van de Ven said: "I was just mad, I don't talk. We had a chance to kill the game at the end but we didn't do it. It really hurts.

"Of course with more points we could have put pressure on the top but we didn't do that so that's really disappointing – but next week there is another game to fix it."

Tottenham – particularly goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario – struggled to deal with Everton's set-pieces and that was their downfall.

"We knew Everton were really good at set-pieces and they scored two goals from them so it's not good for us," added Van de Ven.

"We can do better and next time we have to fix it so they don't score.

"It was a physical game. We know they play like more 'fight' football – long balls, fight, headers, second ball.

"It was a tough game and in the first half we were struggling a bit but in the second half we played quite well."