‘Is he a nice guy? No. He’s a good guy’: how Harry Kane became an England great

theguardian.com · 3 weeks ago

Figures who worked with striker in his formative years recall a self-belief – even when his talent did not stand outThere is another version of reality in which Harry Kane is not England’s greatest goalscorer but a goalkeeper. On his first day at Ridgeway Rovers, his first club, the coach Dave Bricknell asked whether anyone fancied going in goal. A six-year-old Kane threw up his hand – and he was pretty good.“I thought I’d found a goalkeeper,” Bricknell says. “At that age, you don’t get many kids that don’t mind standing in front of a ball.” It was quickly pointed out to him by parents that Kane was even better on the pitch. But that wasn’t the only time Kane almost strayed down the goalkeeping path. Continue reading...