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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino to make decision on Harry Kane return

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The England captain has missed the last seven games with an ankle injury.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino will be the one who has the final say on whether Harry Kane will play at Burnley.

The England captain is back in training following an ankle injury which has kept him out of his club's last seven games and could return to the side for Saturday lunchtime's Premier League clash at Turf Moor.

It will complete a rapid recovery by Kane, who was initially expected to be out until the middle of March, and he believes he is ready to start.

But Pochettino will not allow his judgement to be swayed by Kane's opinion.

"I don't care if he wants to play or not," he said. "I'll decide with my coaching staff and the doctor and sports science staff.

"Every player that came from an injury or illness, it's about the structure, when he's possible to play or not.

"If you ask him 10 days ago he was ready to play! But the last word is always myself. I take the risk, the decision for the team."

Considering he was originally expected to be out for another few weeks, the prospect of having the England captain back for heavyweight clashes against Chelsea, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund in the next fortnight is a major boost for Spurs.

“I don't care if he wants to play or not, the last word is always myself.”
- Mauricio Pochettino

Kane has a history of shaking off injuries quicker than first thought and Pochettino has described him as an "animal".

"He's not ahead of schedule but everyone knows that Harry is an animal, he wants to be ready as soon as possible," the Argentinian added.

"He made everything to try to recover and of course the injury that he suffered is tough to recover from but it's more the possibility that when you push you push.

"In some injuries, you cannot push too much, because you need to be careful.

Pochettino added: "Like always, we're going to find a very aggressive team. That's the key – to match their aggression and then find our way to play.

"It's going to be tough. We struggled to beat them in December, we struggled to break them down and now they're in a better period.

"We're confident in ourselves but we know very well it's going to be tough to beat them."

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