Jose Mourinho has raised the doomsday scenario of Harry Kane not playing for Tottenham Hotspur again this season and left England manager Gareth Southgate facing a nervous wait over his captain ahead of this summer’s European Championships.

Tottenham last week announced Kane was not expected to return to training until April after it was confirmed he required surgery on a torn hamstring.

But Spurs head coach Mourinho has revealed that he is not yet counting on having Kane available again this season, which leaves Southgate needing to make urgent contingency plans.

If Mourinho’s worst-case scenario proves to be correct, then Kane will not have played for five months ahead of England’s first Euro 2020 warm-up game on June 2 against Austria, with the first game of the tournament against Croatia scheduled for June 14.

England play Austria and Romania, on June 7, ahead of the Croatia clash and it would represent a huge risk for Southgate to rely on Kane on the back of five months out and two warm-up games.

Marcus Rashford and Tammy Abraham both scored for Manchester United and Chelsea at the weekend, while Southampton’s Danny Ings has played himself into contention to be picked for the March friendlies against Italy and Denmark that Kane will certainly miss.