Tottenham Striker Harry Kane Out Till April With Hamstring Damage

“The choice to endure surgical procedure is just not anticipated to influence the timeframe that the England captain can be sidelined, with the expectation that he’ll return to coaching in April.”

Kane has scored 27 targets in 31 appearances for membership and nation this season and his loss is a large setback for Tottenham.

Tottenham are spluttering underneath Jose Mourinho after an preliminary bounce following his appointment in November, successful solely certainly one of their final 5 video games in all competitions.

They sit sixth within the Premier League, six factors behind fourth positioned Chelsea, forward of this weekend’s daunting go to from runaway leaders Liverpool.

The 26-year-old can be absent from a bunch of key fixtures, together with Tottenham’s Champions League final 16 ties towards Leipzig and home video games towards Manchester Metropolis, Chelsea and Manchester United amongst others.

With Kane out, Mourinho is prone to attempt to land a striker within the January switch window and Tottenham have already been linked with AC Milan ahead Krzysztof Piatek and Borussia Dortmund’s Paca Alcacer.

The Tottenham boss deployed South Korea winger Son Heung-min within the central striker’s function for final weekend’s FA Cup draw at Middlesbrough.

Kane’s harm can be a setback for England as they put together for the European Championships later this 12 months.

England are as a consequence of play friendlies towards Italy and Denmark in March and boss Gareth Southgate will now be with out his captain for these warm-up video games.