Harry Kane recovers from hamstring injury but Jose Mourinho admits Tottenham striker may not be match fit
Harry Kane has recovered from his hamstring injury and could feature if the Premier League is able to restart, Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has said.
Mourinho offered positive news on Kane, who has been out since New Year’s Day, as well as midfielder Moussa Sissoko and January signing Steven Bergwijn.
Kane sustained the injury against Southampton on New Year’s Day
“They are recovered from their injuries,” Mourinho told Sky Sports. “So Harry Kane is not injured, Moussa Sissoko is not injured, Steven Bergwijn is not injured, but it is one thing not to be injured, it’s another thing to be ready to play football.
“For them it is many, many, many weeks of injury and when the injuries were almost at an end, we stopped training (because of the coronavirus pandemic).
“I don’t know, they don’t know, we have to wait for the official and right permission for the players to train again in groups to see if they can come back to a normal competition level.
“So if we play this season, the remaining nine matches, it would be good for everyone of us, it would be good for football, it would be good for the Premier League if players of that quality can play the remaining matches.”
Kane has recovered from his injury but Mourinho admits he probably isn’t match fit
Mourinho spent time on Wednesday delivering fresh produce from Tottenham’s training ground kitchen garden to the food distribution hub at the stadium.
The Portuguese admitted earlier this month that he had acted outside of Government protocol in the lockdown by meeting up for a one-to-one training session with midfielder Tanguy Ndombele on Hadley Common.
Mourinho is living with members of his coaching staff during the lockdown, and admits his culinary skills do not extend much beyond frying an egg.
“We try our best, we don’t have our families with us but we are big friends, and friends are family,” he said.
“We work a lot, and time flies and when it comes to cooking we try to make it as simple as possible. I am the fried egg specialist and the other guys they are a bit better than I am.”
Jose Mourinho delivers essential goods to vulnerable people in Enfield struggling due to coronavirus
Mourinho admitted: “I miss football, but I prefer to say I miss our world, like I think we all do. Football is just part of my world. But we have to be patient, this is a fight that we all have to fight.”
Premier League clubs will discuss the possibility of restarting competition in June when they gather for a shareholders meeting on Friday, and Mourinho hopes a way can be found to safely finish the 2019-20 season.
“If we play football behind closed doors I’d like to think that football is never behind closed doors,” he said.
“With cameras, it means that millions and millions are watching. So if one day we walk into this empty stadium, it will not be empty, not at all.”
No comments:
Post a Comment