Harry Kane age

When Harry Kane meandered through the twisting temporary corridors beneath Al Bayt Stadium in the early hours of Sunday morning there was a mad rush to speak ...

Sure, Spurs have competed in the Champions League and challenged for the odd trophy – and that is in large part down to Kane – but they aren’t quite a Manchester City or Liverpool, a Real Madrid or Barcelona, a Bayern Munich, a Juventus. Being a striker takes a toll on the body. It’s why fans love him and journalists love him, why managers love him and team-mates love him. Ronaldo and Messi are, of course, a few years older, but Neymar is only 30, and is already considering whether to retire from Brazil. Maybe it’s that endearingly unassuming air about him, so rare for a player of his stature, in an industry of egos and alphas. Yet not so much has been talked about Kane as one of the game’s greats stepping into the twilight, even though one more goal for England will make him his country’s outright greatest goalscorer. Some England players, such as John Stones and Jordan Pickford, tried to slip through unnoticed, with hoods up. [Lionel Messi clings to hope](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/lionel-messi-world-cup-evolution-slower-more-considered-devastating-2021705?ico=in-line_link), with a semi-final against Croatia on Tuesday. He has a Euro 2020 runners-up medal. Even though he still has a chance of catching Alan Shearer’s outrageous Premier League all-time scoring record. Where players can walk by after matches while journalists ask if they will stop, even for a couple of minutes, to share their thoughts. And no more so than after the big matches, when the biggest players turn up.