Striker’s desire to always play has hugely benefited Spurs but also left José Mourinho with little scope to rest his star man
It was broadly hushed up last Sunday but Harry Kane was not in the original Tottenham line-up for the Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace. He then underwent a late fitness test on an unspecified problem, felt he could pull through and told José Mourinho so.
Equipped with this information Mourinho did what he almost always does, what Mauricio Pochettino did before him at Spurs and what Gareth Southgate also does whenever possible with England – he started Kane. The centre-forward would register two goals and two assists in the 4-1 win.
