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José Mourinho is strongly against Gareth Southgate’s plan to start Harry Kane for England in the Nations League tie with Denmark on Wednesday night and has communicated his concerns to the national configuration.
The Tottenham manager had urged his England counterpart to handle Kane carefully during the international window, given his heavy workload on the season so far, and the situation became more delicate when the forward felt a problem with his thigh. last week.
Southgate has said that Kane is not injured, rather began to suffer from “muscle fatigue” last Wednesday when he began training with England, having had Monday and Tuesday off. The Football Association sent him for a scan and there has been regular dialogue between his doctors and those of the Spurs.
Kane was never going to play last Thursday in the against Wales, which England won 3-0 and, because he could not train fully, was used only as a substitute in the 66th minute in the 2-1 Nations League win. against Belgium on Sunday.
But now the club and the country are on a collision course, with Southgate wanting to start Kane against Denmark. The Spurs argue that the fact that Kane was sent for a scan shows that the FA is concerned the player is wearing something, and they also know that he will always show up when asked. The club blames the FA in part for the number of games Kane has already played this season. Before Belgium he had played 10 in 29 days, eight of them as a starter.
“Medically, there have been conversations [with Spurs]Southgate said. “He started training on Wednesday, he was a bit unhappy with how he was feeling, so he worked with our medical team the following days. We scanned just to be safe, but it’s muscle fatigue issue rather than injury so I just needed a little more confidence.
“I knew that by then he could move on a bit, but he just needed a little more confidence and therefore his training week was really not a good place to start. [against Belgium]. I think he will have gained more confidence with the spell he had. [as a substitute] so, if everything goes well, we hope it will be fine to start on Wednesday ”.
