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Harry Kane will not start Wembley clash but Lee Carsley still planning attacking side

England captain Harry Kane will not start in tonight’s latest Nations League tie against Greece at Wembley.

The Three Lions captain limped off and was substituted after 72 minutes of Bayern Munich’s 3-3 Bundesliga draw with Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend.

Kane joined up with the rest of the England squad at St George’s Park on Monday for further assessment and was deemed fit to stay with the team, but interim boss Lee Carsley has now confirmed the forward will not start against Greece.

Ezri Konsa, Morgan Gibbs-White and Kobbie Mainoo all dropped out of the squad on Monday night after suffering injuries on club duty during the weekend’s Premier League matches, while uncapped duo Curtis Jones and Tino Livramento have now been added to the group.

Solanke and Ollie Watkins would be among the natural contenders to replace Kane, though Carsley has hinted at a different attacking plan that reports claim could include all of Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Anthony Gordon, Cole Palmer and Bukayo Saka, with Bellingham potentially even deployed as a false nine.

Carsley’s Three Lions can leapfrog current Nations League Group B2 leaders Greece into top spot if they beat the visitors at Wembley this evening.

Predicted England XI: Pickford, Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Colwill, Lewis, Rice, Foden, Saka, Palmer, Gordon, Bellingham

Injured: Mainoo, Konsa, Gibbs-White

Doubts: Kane, Grealish

Date and time: 7:45pm BST on Thursday October 10, 2024