Harry Kane: Tottenham striker will have surgery on hamstring and is out until April

Tottenham striker Harry Kane has been ruled out until April after the club said he needs surgery on a hamstring injury.

Kane, 26, suffered the injury during Tottenham's defeat at Southampton on New Year's Day.

No timescale was originally given on the England captain's return but Spurs now say specialists have advised surgery is required.

He will return to training in April, two months before Euro 2020 begins.

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"Following ongoing assessment by our medical staff over the past week, we can confirm that Harry Kane will undergo surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his left hamstring," a Spurs statement said.

Kane has scored 27 goals in 31 appearances for club and country this season.

After the Southampton defeat, Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho said: "Everybody knows who he is, what he is, what he means for the team, the fans, the club.

"His quality, the routines that the team has playing with him, every minute of every game he doesn't play we miss, so every match that he doesn't play we're going to miss him."

Spurs are sixth in the Premier League, six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

As well as league games, Kane will miss his side's Champions League last-16 tie with Germany's RB Leipzig.

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Comment posted by LFC_Dog, at 17:18 9 Jan 2020
Speedy recovery from a Liverpool fan!
Comment posted by footfall22, at 18:08 9 Jan 2020
Not a Spurs fans but I can’t understand anyone in the right mind taking satisfaction from a player getting injured and being sidelined for a few months.
Comment posted by Nic77, at 17:21 9 Jan 2020
@3 "They played better without him last season......"

They also had Llorente last season. Who's the backup gonna be this time? Very stupid and naive of Spurs to go into the season with only 1 striker.
Comment posted by D1710790396568, at 17:23 9 Jan 2020
Terrible news for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 gutted for him lot of nonsense on here already top striker and I am a United supporter!!
Comment posted by D1710935444963, at 17:38 9 Jan 2020
Its really sad to read some of these comments, for so called football fans to mock a players injury is pitiful, you sad morons.
Comment posted by Threedom, at 17:20 9 Jan 2020
Spurs waving goodbye to top 4.
Comment posted by Chris Fierce, at 17:33 9 Jan 2020
Kane has scored 27 goals in 31 appearances for club and country this season.

Yet there are still some nut-nuts calling him overrated.
Comment posted by chris, at 17:20 9 Jan 2020
He'll still claim all the goals from the stands.
Comment posted by NEOldiron, at 18:13 9 Jan 2020
138. TAA_superstar

Sorry, but this needs saying for your own good

"...better of (off) without him we have been far to (too) one dimensional

Easy enough mistakes to make when typing quickly, but this one
"Are (Our) over reliance ...."

When did people start spelling "our" as "are"? Bad enough with "could of" instead of "could've (could have)", but "are" instead of "our"?
Comment posted by D1708713907537, at 17:22 9 Jan 2020
Daniel Levy will be sweating on opening the cheque book
Comment posted by Ceciliars, at 17:24 9 Jan 2020
Will spurs performances take a dive without kane in the team?
Comment posted by RDW_SW, at 17:22 9 Jan 2020
That's approx 6 less 'penalties' for Spurs then
Comment posted by themightofthorge, at 17:48 9 Jan 2020
And the price of every striker in Europe just went up £20m
Comment posted by Duggtrio, at 17:19 9 Jan 2020
It'll be interesting to see how Jose looks to solve this issue, given his reliance on a target man. Even as a Liverpool fan, I think it's a shame that Kane will be missing the game this weekend!
Comment posted by User0820761566, at 17:20 9 Jan 2020
All that does is give the diving responsibility back to Alli. He did a good job at the weekend.
Comment posted by R Slick, at 17:19 9 Jan 2020
I'm not sure that teh team as a whole will suffer that much, I think the performances without him are very good
Comment posted by C, at 17:29 9 Jan 2020
Awful news. Wish him a speedy recovery.
Comment posted by Madhouse, at 17:24 9 Jan 2020
Bad news for Spurs , we will again pay the price for not strengthening the squad and front line , no matter I fear a battering at the weekend from Liverpool with or without him, Liverpool a team that bought well in the areas the were weakest , and now look unstoppable
Comment posted by Brian Russell, at 18:07 9 Jan 2020
Arsenal fan here,
This could actually work out well for Tottenham. They played better (in my opinion) without him last season when he was injured. He was rushed back too soon for the Champions League final, and has not been the same since. I would not even consider him for the Euro's, he needs at least 5-6 months rest. It will benefit him, Tottenham and England to start afresh for next season.
Comment posted by D1710821913900, at 17:18 9 Jan 2020
They played better without him last season......