Harry Kane ruled out of Bayern Munich’s Monchengladbach trip with injury
Harry Kane will miss Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga match against Borussia Monchengladbach on Friday after suffering a calf injury.
The England captain sustained a knock and has not recovered in time for the fixture.
Manager Vincent Kompany confirmed the absence during his pre-match press conference on Thursday.
“He got a knock on his calf and hasn’t recovered yet,” said Kompany.
“It’s nothing serious for the time being but we’d need maybe another day for him to be involved.”
The Bayern boss added: “We’re pretty relaxed. Of course, we would have liked Harry to be involved but these things happen.”
Record pursuit hindered
The setback comes as a blow to the 32-year-old’s chances of breaking the all-time Bundesliga scoring record.
Kane has netted an impressive 30 goals in just 24 league appearances this season.
He is chasing the benchmark of 41 goals set by Robert Lewandowski during the 2020-21 campaign.
The former Tottenham striker had featured in all of Bayern’s league matches so far this term.
Should he return for the next domestic fixture, Kane will have nine games remaining to score the 12 goals required to surpass the record.
European focus
The prolific forward will now target a return to fitness for Bayern’s Champions League round-of-16 tie.
The German champions face Atalanta in the first leg of the knockout stages on Tuesday.
Following that European encounter, Kompany’s side return to Bundesliga action with a trip to Bayer Leverkusen next Saturday.
Lewandowski, now at Barcelona, recently praised Kane’s form while noting that he set his own record in just 29 appearances due to injury.
