England captain Harry Kane revealed he had no idea about Manchester City’s guilty verdict in the build-up to Tuesday’s Nations League match against Czechia. The Premier League confirmed an independent panel had found City guilty of 114 of 115 charges for breaches of financial rules just hours before the Three Lions kicked off in Prague.
Kane, who scored England’s second goal in a 2-0 win, said after the match: “To be honest today I didn’t even know the news literally until after the game. I can’t comment on it now. I’m sure in the next days it will be spoken about in a casual way.”
The England captain insisted the focus remained on international duty. “I always say when we’re here we’re with England. We have our England head on and those guys [Anderson, O’Reilly and Guehi] will deal with it obviously when they are back.”
Manager Thomas Tuchel adopted a similar approach, saying he did not discuss the verdict with City players in his squad and would not comment on it. He praised Marc Guehi’s display against Spain and Elliot Anderson’s performance, describing both as excellent and “on the highest level.”
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