Historical past beckons for Harry Kane in Qatar with the England captain simply two targets away from matching Wayne Rooney’s document of 53 for the Three Lions. However except Kane lifts the World Cup aloft on the Lusail Stadium on December 18, he’ll enter the yr he turns 30 nonetheless with no main trophy to his title. Already assured legendary standing at Tottenham Hotspur, the place he’s simply seven targets wanting Jimmy Greaves’ membership document 266, Kane has one other shot at immortality on the worldwide stage ought to he hearth Gareth Southgate’s males to a primary main event win in 56 years.
He has come agonisingly near the most important prizes within the recreation for each membership and nation.
Kane scored within the shootout as England misplaced on penalties in entrance of a house crowd within the Euro 2020 remaining towards Italy 16 months in the past.
He was additionally on the shedding facet when Tottenham reached the Champions League remaining for the primary time of their historical past in 2019, taking place 2-0 to Liverpool in Madrid.
As an alternative his profession has been affected by private accolades and goalscoring data in a outstanding rise from unspectacular mortgage spells at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich Metropolis and Leicester Metropolis early in his profession.
Already England’s joint document goalscorer at main tournaments with 10 alongside Gary Lineker, Kane has a World Cup Golden Boot and three Premier League Golden Boots to his title.
“I am shut, I attempt not to consider it an excessive amount of however with the World Cup arising it might be a tremendous place to go and obtain that,” Kane mentioned on the prospect of turning into England’s document goalscorer in Qatar.
“I am positive when it comes round I will be able to go and if I do do it this winter it will likely be extraordinarily pleasing.”
Southgate has made clear his want that the record-breaking objective comes within the remaining.
Profession crossroads
However ought to England fall quick, it’ll put even higher emphasis on what occurs subsequent for his or her star man.
With 18 months left on his contract at Tottenham, Kane’s profession is at a crossroads.
He tried and did not power Spurs into switch talks with Manchester Metropolis within the weeks following England’s Euro remaining defeat final yr.
The arrival of Erling Haaland in Manchester appears to have closed that door with Bayern Munich now the frontrunner ought to Kane lastly go away north London behind.
“I feel folks would forgive him if he mentioned at a sure level, if it is subsequent summer time or the summer time after when his contract is unquestionably over, that he’ll transfer on to a membership that may give him a better likelihood to win trophies,” Jurgen Klinsmann, who made the identical transfer from Spurs to Bayern in 1995, instructed The Athletic.
England might additionally profit from Kane transferring on to a membership not so reliant on him as Tottenham are.
He has performed all however 12 minutes of each single Premier League and Champions League recreation for Antonio Conte’s males up to now this season throughout a notoriously brutal schedule to cram fixtures in earlier than the World Cup.
Till now his physique and type have held up with solely Haaland scoring extra Premier League targets.
Promoted
The worry for England is that their star man could also be burned out even earlier than the motion heats up within the Center East.
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