Son Heung-min is free to return to Tottenham after helping South Korea win the Asian Games gold medal.

Son saw the job out as South Korea snatched a 2-1 victory in extra time in Cibinong thanks to efforts from Seung-Woo Lee and Hwang Hee-chan. Ayase Ueda halved the deficit for Japan five minutes before the end.

Son would have had to return to his homeland for the next two years for national duty if South Korea had lost. But the Spurs man avoids this fate on the back of his nation's success.

The country's government rewards Asian Games gold medal winners and Olympic medal winners of any kind with a military service exemption.