Krzysztof Piatek scores winning penalty for AC Milan
Tottenham have agreed a £28million deal for AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piatek. Jose Mourinho has moved fast following the announcement Harry Kane will undergo surgery on a hamstring injury keeping him out of action until April.
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Piatek is keen to move after Milan signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and he realises he is down the pecking order.
Earlier on Thursday, Tottenham released a statement on the injury to Kane.
It read: “Following ongoing assessment by our medical staff over the past week, we can confirm that Harry Kane will undergo surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his left hamstring.
“The striker suffered the injury during our Premier League fixture against Southampton last week and specialists have advised surgery after further review of the injury.
Tottenham striker Harry Kane is facing a period out injured (Image: GETTY)
“The decision to undergo surgery is not expected to impact the timeframe that the England captain will be sidelined, with the expectation that he will return to training in April.”
Tottenham boss Mourinho believes Kane is irreplaceable in the current squad at his disposal.
Following the injury he said: “We have what we have. That's the squad that started preseason, that's the squad we have for the season.
“Again everybody knows again the importance of Harry in the squad. I think irreplaceable, if you think about one player by one player, I think he's irreplaceable. But we have to try solutions with the players we have.”
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Kane is not the only injured player Mourinho is having to cope without at the moment.
Hugo Lloris remains sidelined while Moussa Sissoko has undergone knee surgery and will be out of action until April.
Tanguy Ndombele and full-back pair Danny Rose and Ben Davies are also absent.
Tottenham return to action on Saturday when they take on Liverpool in the Premier League at 5.30pm.