Tottenham Hotspur could be without their front man for at least a month of the season.
In his latest column for the Daily Mail, former Arsenal defender Martin Keown has given his opinion on how Tottenham Hotspur will fare in the absence of striker Harry Kane.
The England international suffered an ankle injury in the FA Cup quarter-final against Millwall last weekend and he has subsequently been ruled out for club and country.
According to a report from Sky Sports, Tottenham look set to be without their top scorer for between four and six weeks, but Keown believes Spurs have the players to take up the slack while he recovers.
Writing in the Daily Mail, he said, “There will be pressure on the shoulders of Son Heung-min…and Vincent Janssen.
But Tottenham work as a collective with plenty of players running from deep. They get bodies in the box with Dele Alli and Mousa Dembele and there will be lots of people chipping in with goals.”
It is true that Tottenham have more scoring options than most but Son and Janssen will be coming up against defences far sturdier than Millwall’s.
Keown went on to explain that Spurs cannot lose any more key players if they want to limit the impact of losing Kane for a sustained period of time.
The international break may have come at just the right time, allowing Spurs to regroup after the weekend clash with Southampton and go again in April.
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