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da dobrowin： Tottenham Hotspur captain Hugo Lloris insists the club will cope without the injured Harry Kane.
The England striker limped off at full-time after Spurs’ 1-0 loss to Manchester United on Sunday, and the BBC have confirmed he will be out until early March with ligament damage.
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Spurs are set to be without Kane for a significant period of time, with the striker due to miss the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Chelsea, potentially both legs of the Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund and a minimum of six Premier League games, including another encounter with Maurizio Sarri’s Blues.
Lloris, though, is confident that Spurs will be able to cope; the club currently find themselves third in the Premier League, seven points ahead of fifth-placed Arsenal.
“We all know how important Harry is in our team, but he is not all of our team,” said Lloris. “Football is about the team and every player is ready to help the team.”
Quoted by FourFourTwo, Lloris said: “In football, during the season, you have ups and downs and you have to always adapt to those and we will see about ‘H’.”But I think everybody is ready and the most important thing is the mind: being ready to fight, being ready to help, being ready to compete. It is better when you have all your best players on the field, but that can happen here or it can happen at other clubs.”Every season is different. Every player is different. With or without him, we will see how we do. The most important thing is to prepare for the games as well as we can.”Mauricio Pochettino finds himself in something of a quandary regarding the striking situation, as Fernando Llorente is the club’s only fully-fit forward.Pl>ymaker FC Exclusive: Jermaine Jenas reveals he would have snubbed Tottenham for Arsenal if they’d come knocking in 2005…Son Heung-Min is on international duty with South Korea, while Vincent Janssen is not in Pochettino’s plans, and it remains to be seen how Spurs will line up when they face Fulham this weekend.Lloris added: “We will see for Fulham in the next game with or without Harry, with or without Son [Heung-min]. Throughout the whole team you have important players but the main thing is the collective.”It is the only way to get trophies. It is not about one or two players, but, as you know, we all know the importance of ‘H’. We are still involved in all competitions, the main thing is to finish in the top four. We said this from the beginning and we don’t change our mind.”Pochettino the acePochettino has proven adept at dealing with these sorts of situations before.The Spurs boss has had to deal with a number of injury worries this season and Spurs only truly dropped out of the title race on Sunday, with their loss to Manchester United leaving them nine points behind leaders Liverpool.The game against Fulham comes at an opportune time; Spurs are expected to win regardless of Kane’s fitness, and it offers the Argentine the chance to experiment with his forward options.The manager does not have long to get it right, however, as their next game after the Cottagers is Chelsea in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.Tottenham hold a 1-0 aggregate lead going into that game, and we may well see Pochettino revert to a more defensive gameplan.Whatever happens, Spurs fans do not appear to be hitting the panic button just yet, and are instead placing their faith in their manager finding a solution, as he has done so many times before.