Antonio Conte’s side heads to Deepdale on Saturday night for a fourth round against Championship opposition centre-back, hoping to keep alive their hopes of a first trophy triumph since 2008 during a tumultuous period for the club.
Kane would have been hopeful of becoming Lancashire’s outright all-time top goalscorer for Tottenham. tied the late great Jimmy Greaves with his 266th battle in the 1-0 Premier League win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Monday night.
But the England talisman has now emerged as a potential doubter for the FA Cup tie after seeing his training pressures limited by an unspecified illness this week, although he has still made himself available for the match and a could play a limited role.
“We only have one problem with Harry, because he played the last game completely sick and didn’t train during the week,” Spurs assistant Cristian Stellini told reporters at a pre-game press conference on Friday.
Fight on: Harry Kane wants to take on Preston, despite struggling with an illness
/ Action footage via Reuters“He trained this morning, but he wants to come with us and be available. We know Harry wants to play every game, so we are happy that Harry is available, but we have to be careful.”
If Kane missed, his next chance to get away from Greaves would be a quick rematch against Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on February 5.
Bryan Gil also faces a late fitness test ahead of Preston, while Lucas Moura will face Arsenal Under-21s on Friday night in the next step of his comeback from a tendon problem.
Horace Danjuma could make his Tottenham Hotspur debut after waiving a move to struggling Everton at the 11th hour and instead signing an end-of-season loan deal in north London, including the option of a permanent summer transfer.
“He’s available,” Stellini said of Villarreal’s Dutch winger, Spurs’ first recruit in January. “He is a player we can use in tomorrow’s game. He is a player who can play as a striker or a winger. He has a lot of roles that he can fill. So we are happy and looking forward to working with him. to work.”
About Lucas, Stellini added: “Lucas will come back and to try to analyze his situation, tonight he can play one half for Under-21s. We are happy to know that maybe Lucas can come back. We have lost him for a long time , and it’s a problem that you don’t know until you try to play a game, to understand whether you can be available or not.”