OPINION
Alarm bells are clearly ringing behind-the-scenes at Tottenham over Harry Kane as he has been handed a personalised fitness schedule.
The Daily Mail reported on Saturday that the 25-year-old Spurs forward will undertake a specially devised summer training programme to help toughen up his left ankle that was damaged in his 2018/19 campaign.
The newspaper claim that Kane’s specially designed fitness programme will see him do “double sessions” and see him do some beach as well as hill running exercises in order to be ready for the new season.
Kane has looked a shadow of himself since returning from his recent injury as he struggled in the Champions League final against Liverpool and looked lost for England against the Netherlands on Thursday.
While that seems natural, as it was a surprise he made it back before the season ended, clearly Spurs are still worried that his recent ankle injury could cause him not to be 100% by the time the 2019/20 campaign rolls around.
As why else would he be handed plans for the summer designed to help his fitness?
The 25-year-old had two spells out injured during his 2018/19 campaign and Spurs clearly want to ensure he stays injury-free in his next season.
Kane impressively managed 24 goals, as well as six assists, in his 40 outings in his latest season despite his injury issues.
If the forward hadn’t been ruled out for a number of weeks, perhaps Spurs would have finished higher in the Premier League, they finished fourth, and maybe they would have gone one further in the Champions League if the attacker had been 100%.
After all if he can get 24 goals in an injury-hit season, how many could he score if he avoids problems?
However it does seem Spurs are clearly worried that Kane isn’t guaranteed to avoid needless injury set-backs as otherwise he wouldn’t have a summer schedule to help his fitness.