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LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur manager José Mourinho responded to England manager Gareth Southgate’s comments on Harry Kane’s workload management, saying he will not play the striker in any of the club’s friendlies. football.
With the most intense and fastest matches for Spurs, Mourinho had asked Southgate to protect Kane by not playing him in all of England’s upcoming matches, including a friendly with Wales and the Nations League matches against Belgium and Denmark in October.
Southgate responded by saying that Kane’s fitness concerns worked both ways. He urged Mourinho to make sure the England captain is in good shape for Euro 2020, which has been postponed to next year due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Kane scored a hat-trick to guide the north London club to the Europa League group stage with a 7-2 win over Maccabi Haifa on Thursday (1 October), their third game in five days.
“This match was a fundamental match for us. A match that means a few million pounds and means that we are in a group stage of a competition where we have ambitions,” said Mourinho.
“For my friend Gary, I can promise that until the end of the season I will not play Harry Kane for a minute of any friendly match.”
Spurs face Manchester United in the league on Sunday.
