{"id":1543,"date":"2020-02-07T13:44:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T13:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spursforlife.com\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2020-02-07T13:44:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T13:44:46","slug":"boost-for-england-as-kane-expected-back-in-action-before-end-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spursforlife.com\/boost-for-england-as-kane-expected-back-in-action-before-end-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost for England as Kane expected back in action before end of season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>England\u2019s Euro 2020 hopes have been handed a massive boost\nafter Tottenham Hotspur boss Jos\u00e9 Mourinho revealed the Three Lions and Spurs\ncaptain, Harry Kane, will be back in action before the end of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 26-year-old suffered a ruptured tendon in his left\nhamstring in Spurs\u2019 New Year\u2019s Day defeat away to Southampton and it was feared\nthat he would miss England\u2019s campaign after needing surgery on the injury \u2013\nwhich would have been a huge blow for Gareth Southgate\u2019s side, who are\nfavourites in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betfair.com\/sport\/football\/uefa-euro-2020\/11997260\">Euro\n2020 odds<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, despite the expectations of being out for up to\nsix months, Kane is already in light rehabilitation following the successful\nsurgery \u2013 sharing a video on his official Twitter account of him doing some\nlight stretches in the gym \u2013 whilst Spurs\u2019 medial team have claimed their\ntalisman will be back in full training come April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Working hard. Making progress. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2ZXnPgPFAG\">pic.twitter.com\/2ZXnPgPFAG<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Harry Kane (@HKane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HKane\/status\/1222868734773268481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-time Premier\nLeague Golden Boot winner, who has been injury-prone in the past, but always\nrecovered quickly, has jetted to the Caribbean for a spell of warm-weather\ntraining in a bid to get back sooner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spurs gaffer Mourinho is\noptimistic that Kane will be back in time for his side\u2019s last two games of the\nseason, which could be crucial in deciding whether the North London outfit will\nbe playing Champions League or Europa League football.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Leicester match.\nMaybe we need that match for something,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/news\/kanes-euro-2020-fitness-boost\/176988\">the\nformer Chelsea and Manchester United boss told the Press Association.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To be fourth, to be\nfifth, to be sixth. Maybe we need that match for something and maybe he can\nhelp us in this match. I hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There is not a\nsetback. Nothing has happened. Everything is OK. He&#8217;s having his treatment.\nThere&#8217;s no pressure, he keeps going, no setback. I just think that&#8217;s my\nfeeling&#8230;with (Hugo) Lloris we were speaking about February and he came back\nin January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s better not to\nput any kind of expectations, any kind of pressure. Let it go and let&#8217;s\nsee.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kane was crucial for\nSouthgate\u2019s side as they reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup in 2018,\nscoring five goals in Group C before finding the net again against Colombia in\nthe quarter-finals \u2013 a goal that won him the competition\u2019s Golden Boot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 26-year-old showed his\nimportance to the national team again bagging 12 goals in England\u2019s eight Euro\n2020 qualifiers \u2013 including two hat-tricks \u2013 taking his total to 32 goals on\nthe international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southgate will be relying\non his star man as they have been drawn against Croatia, who knocked them out\nof the World Cup two years ago, before holding the Three Lions to a goalless\ndraw in the Nations League shortly after, and the Czech Republic, who stunned\nEngland with their only defeat in the Euro 2020 qualifiers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, should Scotland\nget through their play-off matches against Israel and the winner of Norway v\nSerbia, they will be thrown into Group D with their bitter rivals. However,\nmore worrying for Southgate would be facing Norway with the possibility of in-form\nBorussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut H\u00e5land giving his defence nightmares. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>England\u2019s Euro 2020 hopes have been handed a massive boost after Tottenham Hotspur boss Jos\u00e9 Mourinho revealed the Three Lions and Spurs captain, Harry Kane, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/spursforlife.com\/boost-for-england-as-kane-expected-back-in-action-before-end-of-season\/\" title=\"Boost for England as Kane expected back in action before end of season\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - 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