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Harry Kane poses during the unveiling of a statue of himself astatine The Peter May Centre successful London, Monday Nov. 18, 2024. (Zac Goodwin/PA via AP)
Even arsenic rumours swirl implicit his aboriginal successful the England nationalist team, skipper Harry Kane said that helium does not deliberation that the 2026 World Cup volition beryllium his last swansong for the country.
At the unveiling of his statue and mural astatine the eastbound London location of his erstwhile younker squad Ridgeway Rovers, Kane was asked if the upcoming World Cup volition beryllium his past to triumph thing with England.
“I don’t deliberation so. I deliberation there’s a cognition erstwhile you get to your 30s that you’re coming to an end, but for maine I’m performing astatine the highest level I’ve ever performed and consciousness arsenic bully arsenic I’ve ever felt, truthful it’s astir taking successful the moment. I don’t similar to look excessively acold ahead, and successful my vocation I ne'er have,” helium said.
“The World Cup (in the U.S., Mexico and Canada) is going to beryllium exciting. In America it volition beryllium an unthinkable juncture and yet it’s astir trying to triumph that, looking astatine wherever you are, wherever to amended and it volition beryllium nary antithetic successful a mates of years,” the 31-year-old added.
After being amazingly omitted from the squad successful England’s 3-0 triumph against Greece connected Thursday, Kane made his mode backmost against Ireland connected Sunday wherever helium extended his all-time England scoring grounds to 69 goals successful 103 matches arsenic the Three Lions won 5-0.
Talking astir the statue, helium said, “It’s beauteous peculiar to beryllium honest, these are things I didn’t deliberation of erstwhile I was young. It each began present and it was the gathering blocks of my career. This is simply a large inspiration for the boys and girls who play.”
Asked what it volition instrumentality for him to person a statue extracurricular Wembley, alongside Bobby Moore, England’s 1966 World Cup-winning captain, Kane said, “I deliberation we request to triumph a large tournament.
“We’ve travel adjacent connected a mates of occasions and the adjacent measurement is for maine and the different boys to win. We person a caller manager coming successful March (Thomas Tuchel). He’ll beryllium large for us, helium has immense acquisition successful the large competitions, he’ll bring a large vigor to the squad and he’ll enactment his ain stamp and individuality connected the mode we play tactically.
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