Tottenham star Harry Kane will not decide how many minutes he plays for England this weekend, manager Gareth Southgate confirmed.
Spurs manager Jose Mourinho said recently he hoped Southgate and Kane could reach a "compromise" over the England captain's minutes ahead of games with San Marino, Albania and Poland.
Asked ahead of Thursday's World Cup against San Marino, Southgate said: "If I allowed Harry to make that decision, he'd play every minute!
"So that won't be happening. It's brilliant we've got a captain who wants to play every minute of every game. We've got to be mindful he had extra-time last Thursday [in Tottenham's Europa League defeat at Dinamo Zagreb] and another high-intensity game on Sunday. We've got that situation with a lot of the players, really.
"We've got to make sure we manage the fixtures correctly, we've got to manage training this week as well.
"And of course we've got to be just as fresh for the games with Albania and Poland as we do tomorrow night so that's not an usual challenge for us and our coaching team, and for our medical team and physical performance team.
"But we always communicate well with the players and I think we're in a good place going into the game tomorrow."
