England caretaker manager Lee Carsley says Harry Kane will not start in their Nations League clash with Greece on Thursday night after failing to fully recover from the injury he picked up at the weekend .
The Three Lions captain suffered a knock to his leg in Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga clash with Eintracht Frankfurt and has so far been training on his own while on international duty.
England have another game against Finland on Sunday and Carsley has revealed his skipper will not start the first devicebut he didn’t rule the former Tottenham Hotspur star completely out of contention.
Speaking to the press before the game, he said: “Harry is nursing an injury, a little knock. Something we’re not going to risk.
“We’re not ruling him out of the game yet, but he won’t start the game.
“Hopefully he’ll be in contention for Sunday (against Finland), but again, time will tell. It’s not something I think we should rush.”
Kane won his 100th England cap last month and celebrated the occasion with two goals against Finland, helping his side to their second win under interim boss Carsley after beating the Republic of Ireland.
The former Everton midfielder also admitted that Manchester City winger Jack Grealish may not be fit enough to have sat out training earlier in the week.
He added: “We will assess Jack later. Jack had a slight knock yesterday but our attitude would be that we would not play any of the players.
“I think it’s important that we put them first instead of ourselves.”
Grealish has been included in both Carsley squads so far after controversially missing out on a place in Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad. a decision he revealed he disagreed with and was devastated by.
In Kane’s absence, England will be manned by City defender John Stones.
