No timeline given on Kane’s return

Claude Puel is finding life more simple, and the Southampton manager has labelled England new-boy James Ward-Prowse “the ideal son-in-law”.

Attack: Harry Kane has been ruled out for around six weeks with ankle ligament damage that he sustained during the early stages of the Millwall game so Pochettino has a huge void to fill up front.

Spurs have no players suspended for the encounter with the Saints.

Whilst Chelsea march on for the title, 10 points separate the London teams and Mauricio Pochettino will be looking to pressurize them till the very last game.

“We can only find solutions”, said Pochettino. We have many players that can cope with that pressure, “Pochettino said in the press conference ahead of the coming game with Southampton”. “We are finding our best”.

“We hope that as soon as possible he can be available again”.

If we were without Steven Gerrard or Owen at Liverpool, or Clint Dempsey or Mousa Dembele at Fulham, I’d find myself chasing them around, seeking them out in the treatment room to ask when they would be fit.

“It’s true that in some period of the season his form was down”, Pochettino said. The team is more solid. We have improved a lot since then. “It’s hard with one game every two weeks to keep concentration, but it’s important to have a good response at Tottenham”.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has insisted that his side have the strength to cope without the loss of star striker Harry Kane to injury.

“Southampton have found a very good player”, he said.

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And despite Harry Kane being out injured, Merson is backing Tottenham to claim all three points at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

Dele Alli has scored three and assisted one more in two Premier League appearances against Southampton.

Paul Merson is backing Tottenham to continue their push towards a top-four finish in the Premier League by beating Southampton at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

Tottenham are on a club record run of nine consecutive Premier League home wins.

Reports have suggested that Spurs are hopeful that Kane will return within seven weeks, meaning that he could face Chelsea in the semi-final of that competition.

The Saints (9-6-11) owe much of their recent success to one shrewd bit of business in the winter transfer window, bringing in striker Manolo Gabbiadini, who has netted four goals in the matches played with Southampton – including a brace against Sunderland.

We will take it game by game, and now I am be focused on Southampton.

Probability of away win: 15%.