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Tottenham star Son Heung-min will use football's coronavirus shutdown to complete his mandatory four-week MILITARY SERVICE after returning home to South Korea

Tottenham forward Son Heung-min is hoping to carry out his mandatory four-week national service following his return to South Korea.

The 27-year-old travelled back to his homeland last week following football’s shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, but is waiting for confirmation that the Premier League suspension will be extended beyond April 30 later this week.

Son, currently in a two-week quarantine after flying in from London last weekend, has to by law serve a mandatory four-week national service in the South Korean military.

Son Heung-min is hoping to carry out his four-week national service after returning home
Son returned to South Korea last week following football's shutdown due to coronavirus

It should have been 21 months, but he earned an exemption in 2018 when he was part of the South Korea team that won the Asian Games, with Spurs allowing him to leave midway through the 2018-19 campaign.