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Mourinho: Harry Kane not replaceable

Tottenham boss, Jose Mourinho, has said injured Harry Kane ‘is not replaceable’ in his team.

“Harry Kane is Harry Kane, you know,” Mourinho said. “There are players in some teams, that are not replaceable.

He however said he will not use Gareth Bale as a striker as he searches for a solution to ‘irreplaceable’ Kane’s injury.

Kane suffered injuries to both ankles in the first half of Spurs’ chastening 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on Thursday, but it was the one to his left joint that saw him come off at half-time.

Spurs were nervously waiting to find out the extent of the problem on Friday, well aware that their star man has a history of ankle problems.

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He will definitely miss Sunday’s trip to Brighton, leaving Mourinho with a dilemma on how best to combat the absence of a player who has scored or assisted 23 of Tottenham’s 34 Premier League goals this season.

Carlos Vinicius was signed as cover for Kane in the summer, but despite the injury he was not brought on as a direct replacement against Liverpool or as Spurs chased the game in the second half and has only been given 25 minutes of action in the league so far.

Bale, who has operated as a striker in the past, might have been an option, but Mourinho says he is not going to be used in that role.

“I don’t think Gareth is a striker, I don’t think he likes to play as a striker. It was something that we spoke when he joined us, he was very objective with me, by saying he doesn’t feel he is a left-winger like he was before, he doesn’t feel like he is a No 10 like he was before, too.

“The position that he likes to play is the position where we are playing him every minute we give him, which is the right side of the attack.

“So when Gareth plays starting or coming from the bench, that’s his position in our game.”

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