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Lee Wilmot

The reason Tottenham have allowed Son Heung-min and Steven Bergwijn to return home

The Tottenham players, like everyone else in the UK, are in self-isolation.

The UK has been put in lockdown by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for three weeks, which started on Tuesday, March 24.

Everyone in the UK has been told to stay indoors and only go out if it is absolutely necessary, with one piece of exercise per day permitted, as long as people adhere to social distancing rules.

These guidelines have been put in place to slow the spread of the virus.

The Premier League has been suspended until April 30 at the earliest as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, with the Tottenham players given their own specific training regimes to adhere to.

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But two Spurs players have been allowed to leave their homes in England to return to their home country.

Injured duo Son Heung-min and Steven Bergwijn have been given special permission by the club to return to South Korea and the Netherlands respectively.

Son, who has been out of action after fracturing his arm during the win over Aston Villa, has flown back to South Korea for "personal reasons" according to the official Tottenham Hotspur website.

Bergwijn, meanwhile, who has an ankle injury, has returned to the Netherlands ahead of the birth of his child.

Tottenham stated: "Both players will continue their individual rehabilitation and training programmes during their time away."

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