Spurs are bracing for the 27-year-old to miss several matches as The Athletic reports the club expect him to be given a long ban. After the international break, Tottenham will face a daunting run of Premier League games against Manchester City, Fulham, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Southampton and Liverpool.
Bentancur apologised to Son with a public social media post and the South Korea international said his team-mate almost broke down in tears when they next met.
“I was at home and I didn’t even realise what was going on,” he said. “He just sent me a long text message that you could feel was coming from his heart. Afterwards, when he came back to the training ground for pre season, he just like felt really sorry and almost like cried when he apologised publicly and also personally as well. It felt like he feels really sorry. We’re all human and make mistakes, and we learn from it. But I love Rodrigo. I love him, I love him. You know, he made a mistake. But I have no problem at all. At all.”