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Jamie Carragher blasts 'absolutely disgusting' timing of the Qatar World Cup after Son Heung-min's eye injury in Tottenham win leaves him facing a race against time to be fit for South Korea's campaign

By Adam Shergold for MailOnline

Published: 07:10 GMT, 2 November 2022 | Updated: 07:19 GMT, 2 November 2022

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Jamie Carragher has slammed the 'absolutely disgusting' timing of the Qatar World Cup as Tottenham forward Son Heung-min faces a race against time to overcome an injury.

South Korea's captain was forced off during Spurs' Champions League match at Marseille on Tuesday night after suffering a nasty eye injury.

Son took a blow to his left cheekbone during his team's 2-1 win and had to leave the field as his eye swelled up - though he was able to celebrate their progress to the last-16 afterwards.

Son Heung-min suffered a head injury in Tottenham's 2-1 win over Marseille on Tuesday night

The South Korea talisman is visibly upset after being subbed off with the nasty-looking injury

The 30-year-old has just over three weeks to recover ahead of South Korea's opening game against Uruguay on November 24.

It comes after France's Raphael Varane and Portugal's Diogo Jota were ruled out of the first-ever winter World Cup after suffering injuries playing for their clubs.

And Liverpool legend Carragher criticised FIFA's decision