HARRY KANE cannot wait to start chasing his first goal of the decade if the Premier League resumes next month.
The Tottenham striker is facing his longest ever spell out — almost six months — but fit again after surgery, Kane said: “Just the feeling of getting back out on the pitch again, with fans or without fans, will be so challenging — and I just can’t wait to do it.
“I got injured on January 1, so whenever we start playing again it’s going to be at least six months before I play another game, which is a very long time.”
The England striker injured his hamstring in Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat at Southampton on New Year’s Day.
Since then English football has gone through the wringer after being suspended since March 13 due to the coronavirus.
But Premier League stars have been given the green light to return to training this week.
They are bidding to follow their counterparts in the Bundesliga — which resumed at the weekend with top-flight German matches behind closed doors.
Three Lions skipper Kane looked like his season was over when he ruptured his hamstring as Jose Mourinho’s side opened 2020 with a defeat at St Mary’s.
The last four and a half months are the longest Kane, 26, has gone without playing football during his whole career.
But he is now raring to go and he is desperate to add to his 11 Premier League goals — if and when the top flight finally returns.
In an exclusive interview aired on talkSPORT today, Kane admitted that, even in the stark reality of a global pandemic, he is trying to make the best of a challenging situation.
He said: “I’ve been able to spend a bit more time with my family, with my kids, time I wouldn’t normally get during my career.
“We are normally full-on all year round, so I’ve been trying to take the positives from a bad situation and trying to make the most of what’s going on. The training I’ve been doing on my own has been good.
“I’ve been able to really train and work on specific things. When we do continue, hopefully I’ll be ready.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
