Spurs holding on for dear life after Son's injury: Mourinho

Tottenham Hotspur's hopes of obtaining something from season have been equated to someone hanging on for dear life from a balcony in a typically colorful analogy by ir manr Jose Mourinho. 57-year-old Portuguese made comparison after he said he believed Korean star Son Heung-min's season could well be over due to a fractured right arm. Mourinho is already without star striker Harry Kane -- side-lined since January with a torn hamstring -- as club enters a crucial period. Midfielder Moussa Sissoko is ar long-term casualty.

Spurs host German side RB Leipzig in a Champions League Last 16 first leg match on Wednesday and play Chelsea in a match that could prove pivotal in dog-fight for fourth and final Champions League spot.

"You kw I like analogies," said Mourinho, who took over after Mauricio Pochetti was sacked in late vember last year.

"Sometimes I do good ones and sometimes silly ones. This time I do this.

"When we arrived we were in minus 12 floor, we got on stairs and we started climbing.

"But immediately stairs broke and trouble.

"We were trying to find a way.

"Lots of effort but we were going and going.

"n 11th floor and when we arrived on fourth floor, where we wanted to arrive, someone took stairs away so we are w in trouble.

"We are holding by our arms on balcony." 

Mourinho said club were at a crossroads in ir season. "w we have two options," he said. "To fall and die because it's fourth floor. " or is to climb. We will be on that balcony fighting with everything we have." 

'We miss him'

Son's absence comes as a cruel blow to player and team as he had been in a rich vein of form scoring in last five matches after filling in for Kane up front. 27-year-old South Korean international forward suffered injury in 3-2 Premier League victory over Aston Villa -- in which he scored twice including late winner -- on Sunday. Son suffered injury in a robust first-minute challenge from Villa's Ezri Konsa.

club did t specify how long Son would be out -- he is due to undergo surgery this week -- but Mourinho was pessimistic. "I'm t going to count on him again this season," Mourinho said. club said only after medical operation would y be able to say how long he would be absent.

"Following surgery, our medical staff shall be reviewing manment options for Son's rehabilitation with player expected to be sidelined for a number of weeks." Mourinho said he would have phrased statement differently. " club wrote a nice statement," he said. "If I was one to write statement I would write different. We miss him," added 57-year-old Portuguese.

With both Kane and Son missing, Lucas Moura looks like having burden placed on him as Mourinho discounted untested Irish youngster Troy Parrott. "In some periods I was worried about t having attacking options on bench, w it's t having attacking options on pitch," said Mourinho. "My thoughts are that Troy Parrott is t ready and Ryan Sessegn is t a striker."