'Shocked' Harry Kane responds to being dropped by England ahead of Thomas Tuchel arrival

Harry Kane was a daze exclusion from England's triumph implicit Greece and the skipper admits helium was shocked by the quality earlier helium shifted his absorption to guarantee the squad was decently prepared

Harry Kane concedes helium was shocked to beryllium dropped for England's win successful Greece conscionable days ago.

The Three Lions skipper was a astonishment exclusion during the week arsenic the federation secured revenge by seeing disconnected the Greeks successful Athens - conscionable weeks aft they'd won astatine Wembley. Kane has mostly been an ever contiguous but was overlooked with Ollie Watkins getting the motion successful the frontline.

The Bayern Munich antheral has continued to beryllium prolific truthful his signifier was hardly an issue, but Lee Carsley chose to shuffle his battalion successful his last planetary window. Watkins needed conscionable 7 minutes to unfastened the scoring for England erstwhile fixed his opportunity.

Kane concedes initially helium was stunned erstwhile informed of his spot connected the bench, but was keen to guarantee helium embraced his alteration successful relation and helium made definite the squad was perfectly prepared.

He said: “It was astir apt a small spot of a shock. It was astir getting my caput astir it. But I wasn’t down astir it. I wasn’t disquieted astir it. I understood wherever Lee was coming from and I deliberation that’s portion and parcel of being captain. I’ve made it wide that I privation to commencement each game.

"But being a leader, you sometimes person to instrumentality things successful your stride and accidental ‘ok, I americium acceptable to assistance the team."

Carsley volition soon instrumentality to instrumentality complaint of the U21s erstwhile his interim spell ends. Thomas Tuchel volition statesman enactment imminently and Watkins, who is seen arsenic Kane's understudy, was fixed the accidental to statesman from the commencement and amusement his enactment qualities without having Kane alongside him.

"It was important to springiness Ollie Watkins an opportunity,” Carsley told ITV connected his decision. “To acquisition a nighttime similar this volition beryllium large for himself. This squad needs to effort and make leaders and 1 mode to bash that is springiness them opportunities."

Kane himself has been outspoken this week astir the fig of players who've chosen to retreat from England work - galore of them citing injuries - with the skipper adamant that state should travel earlier club.

"I deliberation England comes earlier anything. England comes earlier club," Kane said. "England is the astir important happening you play arsenic a nonrecreational footballer and Gareth [Southgate] was blistery connected that and helium wasn't acrophobic to marque decisions if, you know, that started to drift from definite players."

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