AP, London :
Tottenham striker Harry Kane was ruled out for around two months on Tuesday because of ligament damage in his left ankle, dealing a huge blow to the English team’s chances of winning a first piece of silverware under Mauricio Pochettino.
The England captain was not expected to return to training until early March, Tottenham said , after getting injured in the last seconds of the 1-0 loss to Manchester United on Sunday.
That rules Kane out of at least seven Premier League games, and probably both legs of Tottenham’s Champions League last-16 match against Borussia Dortmund.
Kane also is sure to miss the second leg of Tottenham’s English League Cup semifinal against Chelsea, as well as the Feb. 24 final should his team advance. Tottenham has a 1-0 lead from the first leg, courtesy of a penalty from Kane.
That was one of his 21 goals for club and country this season, with Kane continuing his remarkable scoring form since bursting into Tottenham’s senior team in the 2014-15 campaign.
He has twice finished a season as the Premier League’s top scorer, and won the Golden Boot at last year’s World Cup in Russia with six goals as England reached the semifinals.
Since Pochettino became Tottenham manager in 2014, Kane has scored 36 percent of the team’s league goals, according to data supplier Opta.
