• Scans reveal serious problem for
England captain• Spurs have no specialist senior replacement for strikerHarry Kane is not expected to return to action until at least March, as scans on his injured hamstring have revealed a serious tear. The
Tottenham striker limped off during his team’s 1-0 New Year’s Day defeat at Southampton and José Mourinho, the manager, made it clear on Friday lunchtime that he had started to plan for a number of weeks without him.
The club are wary of putting a public timeframe on Kane’s absence, partly because they know that he is a quick healer, who has usually returned ahead of schedule from previous injuries. There are also further checks that need to be made. But the bottom line is that the prognosis from the scans and tests so far is grim.