Good news for football fans. Korean world-class Son Heung-Min will play in the 2018 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta and Palembang on August 18 - September 2.

Son Heung-Min's participation in Tottenham Hotspur play at the 2018 Asian Games has been announced by South Korean Under-23 football coach Kim Hak-Bum.

Officially become one of the 20 list of South Korean national team players U-23 which will go down in Asian Games 2018, this is some reason Son really want to play in Asian Games 2018.

# Opportunity To Avoid Conscription

Son will perform maximally defending his country for the gold medal of 2018 Asian Games from soccer sport. If Son is able to present a gold medal then this Spurs player does not need to follow the draft for 21 months, because he is considered to have scent South Korea in the International arena.

# Son Willing To Miss The First Game Tottenham Hotspur

With Son joining South Korea under the Under-23 national team, he can not defend Spurs at the start of the English Premier League starting on August 11, 2018. Selling Son to join the 2018 Asian Games will be the best choice for Spurs not to lose the team's attacker nicknamed The Lilywhites.

Completing The Quota Of 3 Senior Players South Korean National Team U-23

The 2018 Asian Games men's soccer competition is intended for players born after January 1995. Son himself is now 26 years old. Son was selected for the U-23 South Korea squad to complete the quota of three senior players who could be brought in at the 2018 Asian Games.

Not only Son, South Korea also included three players who competed in the 2018 World Cup namely, Goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo (Daegu FC), Lee Seung-woo of the Hellas Verona Serie A club and Austrian league club Salzburg Red Bull Hwang Hee-chan.

The Asian Games 2018 football sporting branch is scheduled to begin on 14 August 2018.

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