Tottenham striker Harry Kane has shocked everyone by making a miraculous early comeback from an ankle injury. The hitman starts for Spurs vs Burnley this afternoon.
According to The Sun, the 25-year-old wasn’t expected to be back until mid-March, the England captain suffered his injury during Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester United on January 13.
Kane missed seven games for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, the boost of having Kane back could push Tottenham to put the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City in the run-in to the end of the season.
Of course missing the last six weeks through injury, Kane has slipped down into fourth in the Premier League’s top scorers charts. The England captain has netted 14 times in the league this season, he’s one goal behind north London rival Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and three goals behind Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah and Manchester City talisman Sergio Aguero.
Kane has some catching up to do and he’ll be hoping that starts today.
Here’s how Tottenham will lineup vs the Clarets:
#THFC: Lloris (C), Aurier, Alderweireld, Foyth, Vertonghen, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Son, Kane.@WilliamHill odds (18+) – https://t.co/kw0Sqerhez #COYS pic.twitter.com/rFwnjT323x
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 23, 2019
Tottenham posted a welcome back message to their star:
Welcome back. #OneOfOurOwn pic.twitter.com/lil72QAM7s
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 23, 2019
Tottenham will be hoping that they can dispatch of Burnley comfortably and that Kane can get some much-needed minutes under his belt. Kane will be the focus of attention once again when Spurs travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea on Wednesday night.
Kane will be hoping to inspire Tottenham to a win.
Check out some reaction to the England captain’s early comeback below:
The guys a machine! Great to have @HKane back! Vamossss
— Sam Marks (@Quilo) February 23, 2019
The return of the Hurrikane! @HKane #BURTOT #COYS !!!!
— Lee (@LeeRoss10) February 23, 2019
???
— nadim (@NikNadim) February 23, 2019
The king is back ???
— Turki R Al Dosseri (@TurksRD) February 23, 2019
Beast mode ??
— IamSabara (@razaksabara) February 23, 2019
This guy is a machine ??
— Mark (@Mark_2907) February 23, 2019
THE KING RETURNS
— Hotspur Edition (@HotspurEdition) February 23, 2019
King Kane is back ??????
— Tahir Iqbal (@Tahir_E17) February 23, 2019
This Burnley fan wasn’t pleased but can you blame him? His teams chances of coming away from today’s game with anything have plummeted ten-fold:
Oh fuck off
— N A T H A N (@NathanD3011) February 23, 2019
