Harry Kane injury update: Tottenham fear striker could miss four weeks with ankle sprain

Kane went down injured in the final stages of Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Wembley

Tottenham fear Harry Kane could be out for up to four weeks with the ankle injury picked up against Manchester United.

Kane went down injured in the final stages of Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Wembley and the club won't know the full extent of the knock until the swelling goes down.

It is understood Kane could miss as much as a month with the England striker potentially targeting a possible Carabao Cup final on February 24, should Spurs make it past Chelsea in the semi-final, for a return.

It is the third successive season that Kane has sustained an ankle injury, the most recent one keeping him out for a fortnight last March.

He was injured after being caught in the middle of Phil Jones and Victor Lindelof as Spurs chased an equaliser against United.

He received treatment after the full-time whistle before walking off the Wembley pitch extremely gingerly.

Kane did not emerge through the mixed zone after full-time as he was selected for a post-match doping test, so it was unclear how heavily he was walking or whether he had a foot brace on or needed crutches.

The lengthy absence for Kane leaves Spurs short of attacking options ahead of an important part of the season, with Son Heung-min away with South Korea, Lucas Moura still injured himself and Fernando Llorente and Vincent Janssen expected to leave the club this month.