England interim supervisor Lee Carsley confirms that Harry Kane will not commence up Thursday’s UEFA Countries League clash with Greece, the set aside John Stones will captain the facet.
England interim supervisor Lee Carsley has confirmed that Harry Kane is not fit to commence up Thursday’s UEFA Countries League clash with Greece at Wembley.
The Three Lions captain sustained an injury at some level of Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga clash with Eintracht Frankfurt on the weekend and has been following a person coaching programme since linking up along with his global teammates.
As Kane is but to affix in with fleshy coaching, there was an expectation that he would very best be on the bench at most efficient on Thursday evening, and Carsley has now confirmed that would possibly be the case, however he is optimistic that he’ll be succesful to commence up against Finland on Sunday.
“Harry’s nursing an injury, a small knock. It’s something that we won’t take a chance with. We’re not ruling him out yet of the game, but he won’t start,” The Athletic quotes Carsley as announcing. “Hopefully he will be in contention for Sunday, but again, time will tell. It’s not something we should be rushing.”
Kane’s absence from the beginning XI capability that the 31-year-passe would possibly be briefly relinquishing the captain’s armband, and Manchester Metropolis’s John Stones has been confirmed as skipper for Thursday evening.
Carsley: ‘Example Stones deserves England captain different’
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The Manchester Metropolis defender is the third-most skilled player within the England squad with 81 caps, very best within the motivate of Kane’s 100 and Kyle Walker‘s 90, and he captained Pep Guardiola‘s facet against Red Star Belgrade within the 2023-24 Champions League.
Stones’s impact on the Etihad has waned quite over the past couple of seasons, however Carsley has no doubts that the “example” defender is distinguished of sporting the armband for his nation.
“It was a great conversation that I was able to have with John last night. To ask him to captain the team, it’s a brilliant achievement for John, something that he deserves,” Carsley added.
“With the amount of caps that he’s got, the experience that he’s got, the level of professionalism that he shows within the squad, the example he is to the younger players, it was a great conversation to have.”
Stones – who made his England debut a decade ago – joined Carsley to face the media on the eve of the game, and the ex-Everton man admitted that he was misplaced for words when informed by Carsley that he would skipper the facet.
“Speechless” John Stones reacts to England captaincy
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“It’s everything that I could have dreamed of as a kid, and more for my family, to be able to see me walk out as England captain is a special moment,” Stones added.
“And one that I can’t thank Lee enough for. As he said, it was a great conversation that we had last night. One that I was a bit speechless in, but an incredible moment for me.”
Kane is regarded as one of two fitness doubts for England forward of Thursday’s game, the other being Manchester Metropolis winger Jack Grealish, who missed coaching on Wednesday with a miniature knock.
Carsley urged that he would not “gamble” on the fitness of Grealish, who began within the number 10 role against the Republic of Ireland and Finland last month, however Cole Palmer might well perhaps now come into that space.
England will slip three sides clear of Greece on the cease of League B Community 2 with victory over the Pirate Ship on Thursday evening, before heading to Helsinki for a rematch against Finland on Sunday.
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