While he wanted to wear the “One love” armband, it was finally abandoned. The captain of England and his teammates will still be on one knee.
He was under threat of a penalty if he wore the rainbow armband for the Three Lions’ first game in this World Cup. Harry Kane will ultimately not wear the latter, following the decision of his Federation and several other European nations, after threats from Fifa. Fifa has been very clear, it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the pitch. As national federations, we cannot ask our players to risk sporting sanctions, including yellow cards” wrote England, Wales, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland
If the Tottenham striker deemed it important to convey this kind of message in such a competition, he will convey another with his teammates. In a press conference, the England coach confirmed it. “We discussed going down on one knee,” the team manager said. Gareth Southgate. We think we should. That’s what we stand for as a team and what we’ve been doing for a long time.”
Harry Kane was born on July 28, 1993, in Walthamstow, England, near London. However, he follows a true Irish way of life, alongside his brother Charlie. Indeed, both of her parents, Kim and Patrick Kane, are Irish (Galway). He attends Chingford Foundation School. Harry Kane begins football in the local club of Ridgeway Rovers and at this time meets David Beckham. It was only at the age of eight that he was spotted by Arsenal. He joined the club and spent only one season there, before being sent back to square one. Then, he was again spotted by Watford and joined the Tottenham training center, barely two months later.
During the 2009-2010 season, he scored 18 goals, which allowed him to pass for the very first time in the professional group. Then, he fully revealed himself during the 2014-2015 season. In the Premier League, he quickly established himself as one of the top scorers in the prestigious English championship. Harry Kane even wins the Player of the Month award six times, which is an all-time Premier League record. Successively, he was voted top scorer in the championship in 2016, 2017 and 2021. During this last year, he also won the title of best passer. In 2018, he captained the England team at the World Cup, before reaching the Champions League final in 2019, a final lost by Tottenham against Liverpool. In November 2020, Harry Kane scored his 200th goal in just 300 appearances for Tottenham in a Europa League game and then, shortly after, netted his 150th league goal. In May 2021, the English coach, Gareth Southgate, logically announced that he had selected Harry Kane to take part in the adventure where he is expected to supervise a promising young generation.
Harry Kane has several accessits to his credit with the Tottenham club, but ultimately few titles. He is notably vice-champion of the Premier League in 2017, then finalist of the Champions League 2019. At the same time, he is also a finalist of the English League Cup in 2015 and 2021. Centerpiece of his team, he stands out at numerous occasions on an individual level, which earned him multiple awards:
- Millwall’s best young player in 2011-12;
- player of the month several times in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 for the Premier League;
- 2014–15 PFA Premier League Young Player of the Year;
- top scorer in the Premier League 2015-2016 (25 goals), 2016-2017 (29 goals) and 2021 (23 goals);
- top football scorer in one season in 2017 (56 goals);
- 10th at the 2017 Ballon d’Or;
- Premier League’s top assist provider in 2021 (14 assists).
During his career, Harry Kane signed many contracts, mainly as a striker. In 2021, he earns around 1 million euros per month, and more exactly 11.7 million euros per year, and this, normally, until 2024. But Manchester United would currently offer a very attractive offer to the British player, by multiplying his salary by two, to reach 24 million euros gross per season over five years. In addition, there is also a signing bonus of 21 million euros. This transfer to Manchester United does not seem to displease Harry Kane who plans more than ever to take up this new challenge. The transfer, meanwhile, is estimated at almost 140 million euros. A sum deemed necessary for the Tottenham club to agree to sell its star striker to its rivals…
Side sentimental life, Harry Kane is no longer a heart to take. He has a long-standing relationship with his childhood sweetheart, Katie Goodland. Very present on social networks, the lovers have been living their romance publicly since February 2015. In 2017, they welcomed a first little girl named Ivy. A few months later, Harry Kane asks his partner in marriage on a paradise beach. The union is celebrated in the Bahamas in 2019. The very solid couple gets married while Katie is pregnant with their second child: a little girl named Vivienne born in 2018. Finally, the trio is still growing in 2020, with the arrival of a third child. This time, it is a son, named Louis, born on December 29, 2020. In addition, Harry Kane says he is firmly convinced that his genes as a great sportsman come to him from his mother’s side. He confides in this respect that his maternal grandfather Eric was already an excellent footballer.