Tottenham lineup: Confirmed starting XI for Champions League Final vs Liverpool - Harry Kane starts

Harry Kane has been named in Tottenham’s starting XI for the Champions League Final against Liverpool.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino and his staff have been agonising over the fitness of the England captain since the end of the domestic season. Kane has not played a competitive game since sustaining a second ankle injury of the season against Manchester City in their quarter-final, first leg.

Jan Vertonghen was a doubt for the final after leaving Ajax’s Johan Cruyff Arena on crutches following Spurs’ dramatic win over the Dutch champions last month, but the Belgian is fit to partner compatriot Toby Alderweireld in the centre of a back four for Pochettino.

Kieran Trippier, cut from the England Nations League squad earlier this week, gets the nod ahead of Serge Aurier, the preferred option in European games earlier in the season.

Here is the team named by Pochettino for Tottenham’s first ever Champions League Final…

Starting XI: Lloris; Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Winks, Sissoko, Alli; Eriksen, Son, Kane

Subs: Gazzaniga, Vorm, Sanchez, Foyth, Davies, Aurier, Dierm Walker-Peters, Wanyama, Lucas, Lamela, Llorente

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