Gareth Southgate has said he will ‘pick what we can’ on Tuesday with Harry Kane among those feeling the strain
Consider for a moment how Harry Kane was able to prepare for Saturday’s Nations League tie with Iceland in Reykjavik. The England captain had been on holiday with his family in the Bahamas when the island was added to the United Kingdom’s quarantine list on 7 August.
Kane had 24 hours to get back in order to avoid the mandatory 14 days in isolation and he said that it was not possible. “It’s not the easiest place to get back from, there’s no direct flights,” Kane said. “So I stayed there for another week and then had to quarantine when I got back.” Could Kane have done more to return straight away or, at least, earlier than he did? Was a private jet an option? It is hard to say. But what it meant was that Kane was in quarantine pretty much up to the moment he reported for England duty last Monday. The England captain worked out at his gym at home but, before the 1-0 victory over Iceland, he had trained only a few times as part of a squad.
Continue reading…Gareth Southgate has said he will ‘pick what we can’ on Tuesday with Harry Kane among those feeling the strainConsider for a moment how Harry Kane was able to prepare for Saturday’s Nations League tie with Iceland in Reykjavik. The England captain had been on holiday with his family in the Bahamas when the island was added to the United Kingdom’s quarantine list on 7 August.Kane had 24 hours to get back in order to avoid the mandatory 14 days in isolation and he said that it was not possible. “It’s not the easiest place to get back from, there’s no direct flights,” Kane said. “So I stayed there for another week and then had to quarantine when I got back.” Could Kane have done more to return straight away or, at least, earlier than he did? Was a private jet an option? It is hard to say. But what it meant was that Kane was in quarantine pretty much up to the moment he reported for England duty last Monday. The England captain worked out at his gym at home but, before the 1-0 victory over Iceland, he had trained only a few times as part of a squad. Continue reading…
