Mauricio Pochettino
says that Harry Kane could return to the Tottenham ranks for the north London
derby away to Arsenal on Sunday, November 6
.
The England striker
has been out of action since injuring his ankle in the 1-0 win over Sunderland
in mid-September, but Pochettino says he is nearing a first-team return.
Pochettino, who
confirmed Toby Alderweireld will join Kane in missing the Leicester fixture on
Saturday due to a knee injury, said: ‘Harry and Toby are both making good
progress but are still unavailable.
‘It is difficult to
know when they will be back but we will see. Maybe the evolution is great in
the next few days and maybe they are available if not Wednesday then next
Sunday. If not we need to wait two weeks until after the international break.’
The Tottenham
manager said Kane and Alderweireld had been made to ‘suffer’ in their
rehabilitation.
‘They suffer a lot,’
he said. ‘They want to be available quickly because we kill them. When they are
recovering from injury they have double sessions every day, to keep fit, and
it’s a good thing to say, “Wake up, work hard”. They are very positive.
‘Sometimes you
cannot accelerate the process. We wait for the doctors to say they are
available. They are not frustrated, always they want to play but sometimes it’s
not possible.’
Pochettino believes
this season’s Premier League could go right down to the wire.
He added: “At the
moment we expect that it is a very competitive season. There are a lot of clubs
fighting to be top of the table.
“I think this season
will be tough and competitive and maybe we need to wait till the last game to
know which team lift.”
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