Tottenham striker Harry Kane has insisted he is fit and ‘ready to go’ for the Champions League final after recovering from an ankle injury.
The England captain has been in a race to be fit for Saturday’s showdown with Liverpool in Madrid, having been out for seven weeks after suffering a “significant” ankle ligament injury in April.
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Harry Kane insists he is ready to take on Liverpool in the Champions League final
Manager Mauricio Pochettino has been coy on whether Kane was forecast to play in the game, telling talkSPORT last week that he may start on the bench.
But, having returned to full training with his team-mates, Kane has declared his availability for the Champions League clash and says it’s up to his boss to decide if he starts.
“I feel good,” said the striker.
“I started to feel my way back with the team at the end of last week and there have been no problems so far.
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“For me this week now is to get the fitness as high as possible.
“Then it’s down to the manager. Like I said, I feel good. The manager will assess it and decide whether I’m ready to go or not. But so far, I feel good and ready.
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“I did a lot of work on my own to get me into a good place to go back with the team.
“Since I’ve been with them, I’ve been full training, doing everything.
“I’m at a place now where I’m ready to go for any game but again, it’s down to the manager.”
While many have cursed the three-week gap between the final Premier League game of the season and the Champions League final, it has been a blessing for Spurs as it has given Kane, Harry Winks, Jan Vertonghen and Davinson Sanchez time to get fit.
“Having the three-week gap after the end of the season definitely helped,” Kane added.
“From when it happened, I could put a plan in place to be ready for this game.
“We took our time with it. We’ve had longer than we had for the other ankle injuries. It’s worked out well. So I slowly took my time and now I’m in a good place.”
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There were fears over Kane’s long-term fitness when he hobbled off against Man City in April, but he is ready for the final
Kane has been on the sidelines as Spurs navigated the quarter-finals and semi-finals in the most dramatic of circumstances.
He watched the memorable quarter-final second leg against City at home, and promptly posted his celebration on social media, and was in Amsterdam for the famous comeback against Ajax, where he ran on to the pitch at the end of the match.
Kane admits he is not the best spectator.
“It’s so hard watching as a fan because you’ve got no control,” he said. “The first, the Man City game, I was watching at home with one of my friends and my dad and the emotions of that game were just crazy.
“We were so up and down. When Raheem (Sterling) scored, one of my mates just left the room. Then all of a sudden we were crawling back. It was just crazy.
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Harry Kane celebrates Tottenham’s incredible victory against Ajax in Amsterdam
“Of course for the Ajax game I was there in the stands surrounded by Ajax fans. I was in the directors’ bit. The first half was good for them….
“Slowly it started to change and right at the end I said to Davinson (Sanchez), let’s go down and be with the team as it looked like the whistle was going to go.
“All of a sudden we scored and we jumped down, sprinted down the tunnel to be there when the game was over. Amazing experience
“It was just amazing to be there watching from the outside as normally you are involved and watching things as it happens. To be watching from the outside was amazing.”
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