The Tottenham Hotspur striker could miss the rest of the season.
Tottenham hitman Harry Kane suffered what looked like a season-ending injury against Manchester City on Tuesday night, after his ankle gave way from a crunching challenge from Fabian Delph.
The 25-year-old has established himself as one of Europe’s best strikers over the past few years, but his weak left ankle continues to plague his career.
And if the Spurs ace is not careful, it could threaten his chances of breaking Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League goalscoring record.
So why does Kane suffer so regularly with the same injury?
One theory is that the Tottenham man has simply returned to action too quickly from previous spells on the sidelines.
Since November 2013, the Tottenham man has suffered six separate injuries that have kept him out for a total of 189 days.
That is an average of just 31.5 days per injury, and considering the fact that four of those have been serious ankle injuries, it could be argued that he is rushing his rehabilitation.
The most recent example of Kane retiring from injury was when he made his comeback for Tottenham against Burnley in February, having missed just 40 days after tearing his ankle ligaments.
That is the kind of injury that usually keeps players out for at least two months, and Kane’s continual injury problems must be something that the Spurs medical staff start looking at more closely.
And this time, the England international might just be wise to give his injury more time to heal, if he is to prevent reoccurrences of the same problem in the future.
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