Son Heung-min altercation and injury - expert view on Tottenham star's South Korea incident

Son Heung-min returned to Tottenham to star in their dramatic last-gasp victory against Brighton but some might have noticed the strapped up finger on his right hand.

The 31-year-old was playing with his index and middle fingers strapped together and it has now emerged that the Spurs captain was left with a dislocated finger after an incident behind the scenes on international duty at the Asian Cup. South Korea reached the semi-finals of the competition but struggled through the tournament with a series of disappointing performances, requiring extra-time on a couple of occasions and penalties against Saudi Arabia to advance to the last four.

In their semi-final game against Jordan, Son and the team failed to register a single shot on target as they limped out of the competition with a 2-0 defeat. That has led to disappointment back home in Korea at both the coach and former Tottenham striker Jurgen Klinsmann as well as the Korean Football Association.

It now turns out that ahead of that semi-final clash, an altercation broke out during dinner over a game of table tennis. Son, the captain of South Korea as well as Spurs, was reportedly unhappy that some of the younger players, including 22-year-old PSG star Lee Kang-in, had left a team meal early in order to play a bit of ping pong rather than enjoy the team bonding of the dinner.

With Son calling on his young team-mates to re-join the group, it is claimed that some of those younger players responded disrespectfully to the captain. That sparked a row between some of the older and younger players and football.london understands that the Tottenham man dislocated his finger while trying to calm down the situation.

So painful was the dislocation that days later Son was still