Heung-min Son assures local fans after tough Spurs open training session | OneFootball

Heung-min Son assured his South Korean fans after a tough open training session with his Tottenham teammates yesterday.

Korean fans were concerned when they saw Son suffering during a punishing running exercise in Seoul's sweltering summer heat and humidity, at the end of an open training session in front of 6,000 spectators on Monday.

Those players who were already a week into their preseason schedule were pushed through 42 lengths of the pitch, almost five kilometres in about half an hour, at the end of a punishing session.

Those only just back in training, a group including Son and Harry Kane, ran 30 lengths under the scrutiny of Conte's fitness guru Gian Piero Ventrone.

"I'm not sure how many kilometres it was but there is a set target the coaching staff want us to cover," said Son. "There were no particular words afterwards because the training was very hard. That was the one thing the players were saying was, that it was hard.

"Team spirit is good, the team is doing well and the training is very important ahead of long season. We ended last season with a good win and want to start season in same manner."