Harry Kane will miss Bayern Munich’s clash with Hoffenheim (Picture: Getty)
England captain Harry Kane will miss Bayern Munich’s final match of the Bundesliga campaign against Hoffenheim after picking up a back injury.
The 30-year-old striker – who scored 44 goals across a record-breaking debut season for Bayern – has returned home from Germany and will receive treatment from his personal doctor.
The news comes as Gareth Southgate finalises his plans for Euro 2024, with the England head coach set to announce his preliminary 26-man squad for this summer’s tournament next week.
Kane has enjoyed a largely injury-free season at the Allianz Arena, barring a minor ankle issue he sustained in mid-March.
However, the former Tottenham forward came off with a back problem in the 85th minute of Bayern’s Champions League semi-final second leg defeat to Real Madrid earlier this month.
‘Harry is being treated by his personal doctor and he is not here anymore,’ Bayern manager Thomas Tuchel told reporters today.
‘He won’t be with us [against Hoffenheim].
‘Against Real Madrid it was already touch and go [whether he would feature].’
Kane scored 44 goals in a remarkable debut season at Bayern Munich (Picture: Getty)
Tuchel received heavy criticism from the likes of Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves for substituting Kane at the Bernabeu before Madrid completed a stunning late comeback to dump Bayern out of the Champions League.
But the German subsequently revealed that the attacker had been suffering with a back issue and it appears the injury could be more severe than initially feared.
‘Gutted. Last night was tough to take,’ Kane wrote on his social media pages in the wake of Bayern’s Champions League exit.
‘Proud of how we battled over the two legs which says everything you need to know about the spirit of this team and how far we can go. #MiaSanMia.’
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Bayern smashed their transfer record when they landed Kane from Spurs for £100million, a sum that eclipsed the fee they spent on their previous record signing, Lucas Hernandez – a £68m arrival from Atletico Madrid in 2019.
Kane has since taken the Bundesliga by storm with his goalscoring exploits, though remarkably finished the season empty-handed after Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen stormed to the league title with an unbeaten record.
England have two warm-up games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland in preparation for Euro 2024 and Southgate will no doubt hope to have his skipper back to full fitness in time for the double-header.
The Three Lions first take on Bosnia and Herzegovina at St James’ Park on June 3 before facing Iceland four days later at Wembley.
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