Injured England captain Kane to miss Wales friendly
But Kane expected to face Latvia
England boss Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that captain Harry Kane will miss Thursday’s friendly against Wales with a minor injury.
The Euro 2024 runners-up welcome their neighbours to a sold-out Wembley on Thursday evening before turning their attention to Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier away to Latvia.
Kane is expected to feature in Riga, but England’s all-time top scorer will miss the first game of the double-header due to a knock sustained late in Bayern Munich’s weekend win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
“Harry will miss the game,” Tuchel said. “He got a kick in his last match with Bayern Munich.
“It was too painful to kick a ball, it was too risky that he gets another kick and will just like be in an up and down situation pain-wise, so we gave him the chance that everything calms down.
“We are convinced that he will be ready for the match against Latvia.”
Tuchel confirmed that one of Jordan Henderson, John Stones or Declan Rice will be captain at Wembley in Kane’s absence.
Tuchel has Ollie Watkins, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Gordon available to start in attack.