Sorry, We Need To Talk About Harry Kane

Harry Kane is England's all time leading goal scorer, the highest scoring European footballer in the knockout stages of major international tournaments, and he just won the European Golden Shoe, scoring 44 goals in 45 games, in his debut season at Bayern Munich.

And yet, following UEFA Euro 2024, questions are being asked of Kane's talents, mentality, and continued trophylessness.

In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at some of those arguments, and the discourse surrounding Kane following the Euros, and attempts to make sense of it all.

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[joebridgeman]

I am just now realising, after many years. its HITC Sevens and not in fact HITC Stevens and your name is not Steven.

[rishabh]

Few years ago, the 'no trophy' memes were funny to see.. but now it's just sad that how much bad luck he has.. with his contribution as a striker, he deserves so many trophies...

[jamesfrizzle]

Kane and Bellingham should have been rested for the Slovenia game. The team looked leggy by the Denmark game.

[unluckyth]

Apologize to Ciro Immobile. At least he won Euros

[滋榎本]

Harry Kane's career by numbers:

643 games
406 goals
3x PL Golden Boot
1x PL Playmaker Award
1x UCL Golden Boot
1x World Cup Golden Boot
1x Torjägerkanone
1x European Golden Shoe
1x European Championship Golden Boot
Harry Kane has still not won a trophy for Tottenham, Bayern Munich and England.

The Kane curse is actually real! 😭😭😭

[JHa]

Still think Foden deserves far more criticism following this euros than Kane does.

Far more disappointing imo

[onionbreath]

Kane's curse is so strong, it ended one of the most dominant domestic streaks and killed Neverkusen just to keep going.

[DrZaius]

Yeah, that 2018 World Cup needs some context. Sure, he scored 6 goals. Half of them were pens. 5 of them were against Tunisia and Panama (the 6th was again a pen) in two group matches that definitely can't be considered big matches.

[bluengold]

"Harry kane is going finally going to win trophies" *pops meme*

[tumppuman]

Fans who think he was healthy or that player can rule himself out are dumb. This is 100% on Southgate. And in my opinion it was clear cut decision after it was obvious Kane wasnt fit enough to be as effective as he usually is. But Southgate is stubborn AF. As he was with Foden. Palmer shoud've replaced Foden as a starter.

[maxmagnus]

the Kane curse is now official canon

I think he is a great player and not to blame for euro 2024 defeat - that was on Southgate's poor coaching/tactics. That said, a reputation for cursed luck can take on a life of its own eventually

[dazzaMusic]

I’d be seriously worried if Bayern don’t win a single trophy this coming season

[errorcode]

I think the fact that one of the first excuses to come from Southgate was that Kane wasn't fit and not up to match speed speaks volumes, to both Kanes' ability and Southgate's decision-making.

[Nathan_Virica_Comedy]

I must confess, I often fired up the Twitter during England's games at the Euros and, once I'd got past all the unsolicited tweets by Nigel Farage, his supporters and the OnlyFans bots, I came to the unavoidable conclusion that Gareth Southgate's replacement as England manager needs to be made up of a consortium of random men from Twitter.

[mazamonx]

It's a shame. Harry was definitely recovering from some sort of injury. Was expecting a lot better from him. He didn't protest coming off at any point in the game, suggesting he knew it was for the best. Movement was so lethargic and painful to watch.
Of course it's easy to imagine what it would have been if others were given more of a chance, swapping out fast paced attackers and people who can hold the ball in the box and actually be in the box when a ball is delivered. The wasted potential of Gordon, Toney, Watkins (starting) and even Bowen (I'm a biased West Ham fan, but he has the strength to hold the ball on runs, gets on some low headers because he is short and can also cross it in nicely - the reason that West Ham were not in a relegation fight). Maybe stubbornness on Southgate's part? He was never one to make the difficult mid-match decisions. Too many options, not enough vision and bravery.

[murray_]

Kane's record in major finals and semi finals including both legs is 22 matches, just one non-penalty goal. Whether you want to believe it or not, he often fails to deliver what we know he's capable of in the biggest matches.

Having said that he's still an extraordinary player and has had some terrible luck when it comes to winning trophies, mostly due to the teams he's played in. I hope that one day he wins something

[Gary-n]

Harry Kane is just the new version of Alan Shearer in terms of great stats but not an impressive trophy cabinet.

[MikeRomulus]

To be fair to Harry Kane. Not only is he struggling with club trophys, but also national team ones, that is unfair, if you compare him with someone like Zlatan, who had less of a chance of ever winning anything with Sweden. But England is half expected, although it's been MANY years since, to win either Euros or World Cup. But let's also be fair here. Tottenham would only always be considered an outsider and Bayern was just bad luck. Next season he'll win the Bundesliga and finally get a trophy he does deserve.

[gentleken]

Harry Kane comes into every tournament knackered. Done.

[Cold_Logic]

Likening pundits to day-traders is an elite analogy 👌