Harry Kane will not travel with the Tottenham Hotspur squad to face Pacos de Ferreira in the Europa Conference League qualifier on Thursday night, but there are hopes that England’s strikers will be ready to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
The 28-year-old was not selected for the opening game of the Premier League season, as his teammates defeated the forward’s potential future club Manchester City in north London.
Kane may be back for Sunday’s league / Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images
And Charlie Eccleshare from The Athletic reports that Kane will not play for Spurs again on Thursday, when the team travels to Portugal for the Europa Conference League qualifier first stage. However, his long-awaited return may come three days later.
North Londoners return to domestic action over the weekend, where they will head to the midfield to meet new coach Nuno Espirito Santos’ former club, Wolves. Spurs can line up with their talisman back among their ranks, as he can be considered suitable for election for the first away day of the new campaign.
Whether he will really be picked by Espirito Santo is another matter, with the club still trying to convince the forward to extend his stay at White Hart Lane. Kane has been very public in his demands to leave his boys’ club in search of trophies, and Man City hopes to be able to add to their range of all-stars in the future.
The club captain believes that chairman Daniel Levy has gone back on a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ that he can leave this summer after Spurs underperformed last season, and Levy is said to have stopped taking calls from city representatives.
Citizens have already splashed £ 100m on Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish, and Kane is keen to join his compatriot in England at the Etihad Stadium. The superstar also caused controversy by not reporting to training when expected, although he denied these allegations in a statement on social media.
Kane’s relationship with the club is strained, and it was no surprise when he was not selected for the season’s opening day against Man City. However, the Spurs upset the reigning champions and beat them 1-0, with songs of “Are you watching Harry Kane?” calls around his new stadium.
