Harry Kane faces late fitness test ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash with Aston Villa… after Bayern Munich star hobbled off with an ankle injury in the Bundesliga last weekend
Harry Kane will be assessed on Wednesday morning to see if he can feature in Bayern Munich’s Champions League match at Aston Villa.
The England captain missed Bayern’s Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday after an ankle injury.
He trained on Tuesday morning and traveled with the team to Birmingham, but his fitness will not be finalized until later today.
Bayern boss Vincent Kompany said: ‘I think you saw that he was on the pitch today. The training went well, we will have to wait until tomorrow to see what the situation is like and tomorrow we will make the right decision.
“He trained today and hopefully everything will be fine.”
Harry Kane will have a fitness test this morning to decide whether he can play against Aston Villa tonight
The Bundesliga star is training after being injured in Bundesliga action on Saturday
Kompany is back in England after leaving Burnley in the summer following their relegation to the Championship.
But he arrives with no regrets and says he has nothing to prove.
‘I think it’s important to separate things. Every challenge you take on has completely different parameters, the context is completely different,β the former Manchester City defender added.
‘It is very important for a coach to say that you have done everything you could.
‘As a coach you can’t have any regrets. I don’t come here with stuff from the past. It’s different players, different club, different season.’
Kompany was on the losing side twice against Villa last season and hailed Unai Emery’s ‘extraordinary’ campaign.
He added: ‘You all know it’s been 40 years since they played their last Champions League game here and last season was extraordinary for Aston Villa.
βThey deserve to be here, they are a well-organised team and they have fantastic support at home.
Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany claimed the striker had trained well on Tuesday
Kane has been in productive form this season and his absence would be a major blow for Bayern
Aston Villa started their Champions League season with a 3-0 win over BSC Young Boys
‘But Bayern Munich is used to such evenings and I am sure the players will be very motivated and we will want to have fun too.
‘I spent 13 years in total, my wife and children are English. But tomorrow it’s all about Bayern Munich and hopefully we can achieve the result we want.
‘That is important, I know this stadium very well, I know the manager very well and I have gained a lot of experiences and I can share them with my players. We don’t want to change too much.’