Evening Standard
·13 July 2024
Harry Kane: I would trade every personal trophy for England to win Euro 2024
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The Three Lions skipper has countless personal accolades but remains without a team trophy
Harry Kane says he would swap everything he has achieved in his career to lead England to glory in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday.
Kane will captain England against Spain in Berlin, hoping to end the nation's 58-year wait to win a men's tournament and claim the first club trophy of his own career.
The Bayern Munich forward is the record goalscorer for England and Tottenham, and has racked up countless individual honours, including the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup.
But Kane says he would swap it all to end his trophy drought with "one of the biggest" honours in the game this weekend.
No question, I'd swap everything I've done in my career to win tomorrow evening
Harry Kane
"Yeah, for sure," Kane said, when posed with the hypothetical at England's pre-match press conference at Olympiastadion. "Of course, it's no secret that I haven't won a team trophy and ever year goes by I'm more motivated and more determined to change that.
"Tomorrow night I have an opportunity to win one of the biggest you could ever win and make history with my nation, [and] I'm extremely proud to be English.
"No question, I'd swap everything I've done in my career to have a special night and a win tomorrow evening. That's not the case. There's a lot of hard work until that moment but I'm really determined to make tomorrow night a special one."
The closest Kane has come to a major honour was England's agonising defeat on penalties to Italy in the final of the last Euros three years ago.
The memory of the defeat at Wembley has given the 30-year-old "extra hunger and fire in the belly" to go one better on Sunday, and he says "now is the time" for England to finally get over the line.
Harry Kane was addressing the media with Gareth Southgate
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"It would mean everything [to win]," he said. "I think it would be obviously the most incredible feeling as a professional footballer you could get and I'm sure also for the fans to have that moment in history and be able to celebrate that would be something very special.
"We've been here before and it was a tough finish in the last Euros so there's that extra hunger and fire in the belly to make sure this one goes our way. But we also know it's going to be an extremely tough night.
"Whenever you lose a final, it's always tough to wipe it out of the memory. I'm always someone who tries to learn from disappointments and tough times. I feel like it helps me improve as a player and a person. Of course it was difficult, it happened three years ago, a lot has happened sicne.
"I'm excited to be back on that stage. It's been a hard journey to get there. It's about going out and trying to execute the game-plan we want. We've done fantastically in a lot of tournaments but now it's time to get over the line and we have that opportunity tomorrow."