Portuguese head coach Jose Mourinho gestures on the touchline
during the English Premier League football match between
Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur at St Mary’s Stadium in
Southampton, southern England on September 20, 2020. (Photo by
JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP)
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho took a swipe at Gareth
Southgate on Thursday as he called the England manager ‘Gary’ and
questioned his plans for Harry Kane.
Mourinho does not think Tottenham striker Kane should be
involved in all three of England’s forthcoming friendly against
Wales and Nations League fixtures with Belgium and Denmark.
After a gruelling run of fixtures for Tottenham, which continued
with a 7-2 win over Maccabi Haifa in the Europa League on Thursday,
Mourinho fears Kane could be in danger of burnout.
Southgate recently said Mourinho must look after Kane in April
and May with the European Championships around the corner.
With tongue in cheek, Southgate also pointed out that Mourinho
had only namechecked England assistant coach Steve Holland as a
friend in his comments.
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Kane showed why both men want him to play every minute of every
game with a hat-trick and an assist in the romp over Maccabi Haifa
which booked Tottenham’s place in the group stages.
But Mourinho used his interviews after the game to get the final
word in, although he made a slip by calling the England boss
‘Gary’.
“What I can promise to my friend Steve Holland and for Gary
(sic) not to be jealous. For my friend Gary, I can promise that
until the end of the season I don’t play Harry Kane one minute of
any friendly match,” Mourinho said.
“His match was a fundamental match for us. A match that means a
few million pounds and means that we are in a group phase of a
competition that we have ambitions.”
AFP
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