Gareth Southgate WILL pick Harry Kane in his England squad for the Nations League finals.
England boss Southgate names his squad for the June tournament on Thursday, and has made fitness checks on the Tottenham star with both the man himself and his club which have convinced him to put Kane in.
The striker is facing a race against time to be fit for Spurs' Champions League Final against Liverpool on June 1 and England’s Nations League semi final with Holland in the Portuguese city of Guimaeres five days later.
Kane has been out since taking a whack on his left ankle in the first leg of a Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City last month but is confident of being fit for club and country and is desperate to be involved.
The 26-year-old, seen moving well during the celebrations after the stunning semi-final comeback win over Ajax last Wednesday, is expected to do ball work by the end of the week and hopes to start sprinting next week.
Southgate is expected to name an enlarged squad, having also kept tabs on Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks who has undergone groin surgery but is also confident of being ready.
But UEFA have insisted England must trim the party down to 23 names by Monday May 27, even though Liverpool and Tottenham don't contest the Champions League Final until the following weekend.
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It leaves Southgate sweating on the fitness of Englishmen involved in that showpiece fixture in Madrid — and the Arsenal vs Chelsea meeting in the Europa League Final three days earlier — and hoping they do not get injuries that would keep them out for the Nations League.
Spurs and Liverpool players who are fit are due to report for national duty on June 3, just three days before the Holland match.
Depending on the result against the Dutch, England will then face Portugal or Switzerland in either the final or a third-place play-off on the Sunday.
