Harry Kane has been ruled out of England’s friendly against Wales at Wembley on Thursday night.
England’s captain missed team training this week after suffering a minor ankle injury during Bayern Munich’s 3-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt last Saturday.
Kane will be looking to return for England’s next World Cup qualifier against Latvia on Tuesday.
‘Harry will miss the game, he got a kick in his last match and it is too painful to kick the ball and too risky for him,’ England manager Thomas Tuchel said at his press conference on Wednesday.
‘We give him the chance for it calm down and we are convinced he will be ready for Latvia.’
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Tuchel went on to add: ‘He couldn’t train the whole three days. He couldn’t even kick a ball. It is likely it will be back in training on Saturday.
‘Harry is extraordinary in what he is doing so why wouldn’t we rely on him when he is on the pitch? Of course we try to find a way to win without him, 100 per cent. He is one of the very best number nines in the world.
‘We have clear options like Marcus Rashford and Ollie Watkins is the obvious one. Marcus can play as a nine and I think Jarrod Bowen can play as a nine.
‘And then we have ones with a bit more fantasy or creativity like a Phil Foden or Morgan Rogers, maybe even a Jude Bellingham could do it against a particular opponent. So we have a lot of options. We have Delap who is injured.’
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