Mauricio Pochettino keen Harry Kane has rest before next season

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is hopeful Harry Kane will not be overworked this summer and affect his plans for the early part of next season.

Kane has been named in England's U21 squad for the European Championship in the Czech Republic, further extending a season that has already seen him play more than 50 games.

The striker is also due to be a part of a post-season trip that Tottenham are undertaking for friendlies in Malaysia and Australia, a trip that will delay him linking up with the rest of Gareth Southgate's squad.

Pochettino said: "We need to be positive. We spoke with the FA and (manager) Gareth Southgate, and now we need to back the FA and U21.

"We hope they come back with the trophy and Harry scores a lot of goals. Then we need to provide (him) a good rest to start next season in a good condition.

"It is our job to design a very good strategy to try and give Harry after the tournament a good rest and prepare him for the next season.

"We need to back Harry and that Harry can be sure and confident in our skill to manage him when he is back from the tournament, so that next season he will be stronger."

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Kane has struggled in recent games and he goes into Sunday's Premier League finale against Everton without a goal in his last four games.

But Pochettino is confident the 21-year-old is not showing signs of tiredness and his struggles are just typical of any striker.

"This happens in football, up and down with a player, and sometimes during the season it is difficult to score every game," he added.

"But I am not worried about that and only now we need to back him and be positive in the future."