Harry Kane has explained how Wayne Rooney helped to put him on a path that could one day see him go down as the GOAT of English football.
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Replaced Rooney when making Three Lions debutHas gone on to score 71 international goalsAlso chasing down all-time appearance recordFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Prolific frontman Kane is currently captain of his country. That is a role that Manchester United legend Rooney once filled, as he became the Three Lions’ all-time leading scorer. That goal record has seen been handed over to the man occupying the England armband at present.
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Kane has reached 71 goals for the Three Lions, putting him 18 efforts clear of Rooney, and may go on to chase down Peter Shilton’s appearance record of 125 caps. If more history were to be made, then the Bayern Munich striker could rightfully claim to be England’s greatest ever.
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Such a standing was a distant dream when making his senior international 10 years ago against Lithuania, with his goal account being opened within 80 seconds of replacing Rooney in a Euro 2016 qualifier. Kane has come a long way since then, with plenty of assistance and advice being absorbed along the way.
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Kane told when asked to pick out the biggest influence on his historic England career: "I’d probably say that Wayne Rooney had the biggest influence and was probably the biggest help when I arrived in the senior team.
"We got on straight away and he had some conversations with me, both in the camp and also on the phone afterwards about what it is to be an England player and how things might change for me a little bit, from a personal and a professional point of view. He was a great help and a great captain. I feel like I took a lot from him and learnt a lot from him as well. I would have to say Wazza on that one."