The FA, however, were last night treating the statement, a comment made yesterday in response to a question from the floor at the launch of the recent diary of the season entitled “Brave New World” arranged by publishers Orion, as an assessment lost in translation.
“Harry Kane is OK,” said Pochettino. “You can see in the last game he received a kick to his knee but he will be available for the next game.”
He is one of three Tottenham players who have withdrawn for the 25-man squad named by Gareth Southgate on Thursday, with six of his original selection missing in total.
The mixed message, though, could not have come at a worse time with the FA deliberately setting up friendlies against high-class opposition in Germany and Brazil specifically so that manager Southgate could test his likely strongest side ahead of the World Cup in Russia next summer.
Dele Alli was withdrawn before Spurs even played Crystal Palace on Sunday and Harry Winks, who was taken off at half-time in the 1-0 win at Wembley, was swiftly added to the injury list.
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Kane was also substituted after 75 minutes of the same match, having received a bang on the knee in the first half.
Despite Pochettino’s comments, FA sources last night were satisfied that the decision to allow Kane to sit out the games was a mutual one between the medical staffs of both club and country based on the hard evidence of the scans available.
The fact that Kane will have recovered in time to face Arsenal on November 18 in the north London derby is purely incidental.