Harry Kane targets World Cup glory with England in his career prime
England captain Harry Kane believes the upcoming World Cup represents the greatest opportunity of his career to secure international glory.
The 32-year-old enters the tournament following a historic season with Bayern Munich, having registered an astonishing 61 goals.
He is preparing for his third appearance at the global showpiece, having previously guided the national side to the semi-finals and quarter-finals.
However, the prolific forward has dismissed lingering suggestions that the team are overly reliant on his individual attacking output.
“This is the best opportunity I will get maybe in my career to win the World Cup,” Kane told ITV.
The frontman feels in peak physical condition and retains a fierce hunger to succeed on the ultimate stage.
Strength in depth
The former Tottenham talisman insists the current squad possesses more than enough quality across all positions to lift the trophy.
Doubts have been raised over the team’s alternative scoring options, given the skipper has amassed 79 goals in 113 caps – more than the rest of the squad combined.
The veteran marksman drew comparisons with other leading international sides to defend his prominent role.
“Any top striker in the team, there’s going to be a reliance on the striker to score goals,” the Bayern Munich star explained.
“With Erling [Haaland] with Norway, Mbappe with France, when you’re a top goalscorer in the team you are expected to score the goals and it doesn’t mean that’s a bad thing.”
Ending the 60-year drought
The Three Lions record goalscorer highlighted the recent domestic success of his international team-mates as proof of their winning mentality.
“I do think we have goals from other areas in the team when you look at the squad we’ve picked,” he added.
“We’ve not won in an England shirt for 60 years and we’ve been extremely close, and now it’s time for us to step over that line for sure.”
The national side recently secured a 1-0 victory over New Zealand in their opening warm-up fixture, courtesy of a trademark header from their captain.
England will conclude their preparations against Costa Rica in Florida before travelling to their Kansas City base camp.
Their tournament campaign officially begins against Croatia on 17 June.