Antonio Conte expects Harry Kane to be fit for Tottenham’s Premier League curtain-closer at Norwich on Sunday, amid reports that there was a food poisoning outbreak at the club.
Kane complained of feeling unwell on Friday and cancelled a planned media event as a precaution, with Gary Lineker, who was due to interview the England captain at the launch of an exhibition at the Museum of London, claiming on Twitter that the squad had gone down with food poisoning.
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That was enough to send Spurs fans into a blind panic as it echoed the famous ‘Lasagne-gate’ episode of 2006, when Martin Jol’s squad was decimated by sickness in the build up to the final game of the season against West Ham, which they subsequently lost and allowed Arsenal to take Champions League qualification.
However, that is not the case this time around, with Kane affected by a sickness bug that had struck down a number of players over the last few days.
Kane, who did not train on Friday, is currently the only player suffering and Conte expects him to be ready for the trip to Carrow Road, where a top-four spot will be booked with a point.
“Yeah for sure,” he said. “Also because in the last game we had Deki (Kulusevski) had this problem – he didn’t have training with us on Saturday but on Sunday he was good to play.
“For sure Harry doesn’t want to miss this type of game. This game means a lot for everybody.
“If you remember the last game against Burnley we had four cases with stomach problems. This week I have to be honest we had a couple of cases about this, but we overcame this situation.
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“Also members of the staff for one day they were not feeling so good. I don’t know why but the last week and also this week we faced this situation.
“In this moment honestly this virus is the last of our…
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