LONDON: England captain Harry Kane has been included in Gareth Southgate’s squad for June’s Nations League finals despite an ankle injury, the Football Association said on Thursday. Kane, who has not played since sustaining the injury in Tottenham’s Champions League win over Manchester City on April 9, faces a race against time to be fit for the final of that competition against Liverpool on June 1. England play their Nations League semi-final against the Netherlands on June 6, and Southgate is hopeful the striker will complete a full recovery over the next three weeks. Kane is one of nine Champions League finalists named in the 27-man squad and Southgate is wary of fatigue concerns heading into the final stretch of the Nations League campaign. “Post the Champions League final, we are going to have to assess everyone really,” Southgate told a news conference. “It is a strange situation for us but we have always adapted and we have always managed to achieve results with new players, with young players, so this looks like being the same. It is going to be a lot of uncertainty about who is going to be available until the last minute, but we have got a really strong squad with a lot of talent and we are looking forward to these matches.”
Kane included in England’s Nations League squad despite injury
Published on: May 17, 2019 12:56 AM