Former Tottenham man, Michael Brown has claimed that Jose Mourinho and the Spurs management will have to pull Harry Kane back this season to avoid injury and fatigue.
Brown believes that the Tottenham striker will want to start every single game when he is fit this season, which opens up a few questions for Mourinho.
Kane was left on the bench as an unused substitute against LASK on Thursday night as the Lilywhites ran away 3-0 winners in the Europa League group stage game.
New centre-forward signing Carlos Vinicius led the line well and chipped in with two assists for Lucas Moura and Heung-min Son on the night, meaning there was little need to risk the England captain.
Of course, this is a scenario many Spurs fans have wanted for some time, a second-choice striker good enough to warrant resting Harry Kane.
Brown claimed that Spurs won’t want to use him that much this season, hinting that the cup competitions may be a chance to rest him.
He told Football Insider: “Harry Kane is Harry Kane, we asked last year: ‘Ooh, is he good enough, has he been disappointing since he’s come back?’
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“Now it’s like: ‘This is what Harry Kane is’. There’s no question that when he’s been injured at times, he’ll take a little bit of time to get going but now that Spurs side are getting results and doing well, he’s getting fitter and stronger.
“He’s massive for Spurs, Harry Kane. I just think they won’t really want to use him that much but it’s up to the rest of the squad if you need to bring him on. Harry Kane, in any game, will want to come on.
“He’ll want to play and that’s where the management team will be pulling him back with the amount of games. It’s one of them, how many times do you start him in the cup competitions?”
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