Harry Kane’s golden season has continued on Thursday evening, as the England star made more history. Kane, 33, is now the Three Lions’ all-time appearance record holder after starting against Croatia in the Nations League.
The Bayern Munich star, who picked up the Ballon d’Or last month, has eclipsed Peter Shilton’s record – after picking up his 126th cap. In that time, Kane has found the net 91 times, 38 more than any other player.
“It’s not about me – it’s about the team,” said Kane ahead of his potential record breaking evening. “I love coming to every England camp, I love playing every game and representing the country in the best way possible.”
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A huge tifo was unveiled as Wembley ahead of kick-off as England fans had the chance to say thanks to their hero.
Kane also walked onto the pitch with his kids as the Ballon d’Or was carried out behind him. Prince William and Shilton made their way pitchside to present Kane with a special cap.
Luka Modric also paid tribute to his fellow Tottenham hero, presenting Kane with a special football.
Kane made his international debut back in 2015, scoring 79 seconds into his debut. “It’s great when fairytales come true,” Roy Hodgson, who was England manager at the time, admitted. “Let’s hope it’s the start of a good and long England career for him.”
In the years since Kane has done everything in the international game apart from getting his hands on a major honour. And now, in the autumn of his career, Kane was asked if he still has anything left to prove.
“I think so. I don’t think that will ever leave me. It’s probably part of what makes me push myself to the limits that I do because in football, you’ve never completed it, really.
“No matter what you’ve achieved, there is always a trophy that someone else has won or a goal record that someone else has or whatever it may be, I think there’s always something.
“Whether it’s noise from the outside … media or the fans or whatever it may be, it just helps motivate me to realise there’s a lot more to achieve.
“My biggest fear is finishing my career and thinking I could have done a bit more if I could have just done that or done that. I want to make sure that I cross every bridge and do everything possible so that whenever that day does come, I can say I’ve done everything possible.
“I have this record, I don’t have this record but it doesn’t matter, I can sleep well at night. I think it’s just my mindset, because I’ve maybe had to prove people wrong my whole career.
“From early academy days proving coaches wrong, proving scouts wrong – it has just been installed in me.
“I think if someone tells me I can’t do something it just motivates me more to do it. You of course have to combine the mentality with the actual product and being able to produce it.
“So that’s where I think the self-belief and the training and all the consistent work I do has allowed me to do that.”