Ankle injury sidelines Kane for friendly against Wales

Thomas Tuchel has confirmed England captain Harry Kane will miss this evening's friendly against Wales, having been unable to kick a ball without pain this week.

- SIMON PEACH

The Euro 2024 runners-up welcome their neighbours to a sold-out Wembley before turning their attention to Tuesday's World Cup qualifier away to Latvia.

Kane is expected to feature in Riga, but England's all-time top scorer will miss the first game of the doubleheader due to a knock sustained late in Bayern Munich's weekend win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

“Harry will miss the game,” Tuchel said. “He got a kick in his last match with Bayern Munich. It was too painful to kick a ball, it was too risky that he gets another kick and will just be in an up and down situation pain-wise, so we gave him the chance that everything calms down. We are convinced that he will be ready for the match against Latvia.”

Tuchel confirmed John Stones, Jordan Henderson or Declan Rice will instead captain the side as action gets underway after a buildup dominated by his selection decisions.