{"id":297416,"date":"2023-11-16T14:26:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=297416"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:26:52","slug":"england-captain-harry-kane-reveals-the-best-defender-hes-ever-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/england-captain-harry-kane-reveals-the-best-defender-hes-ever-faced\/","title":{"rendered":"England captain Harry Kane reveals the best defender he&apos;s ever faced"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Harry Kane reveals the best defender he&#8217;s ever faced, the Germany star he wished played for England and why Eric Dier is the worst team-mate to sit next to on a flight<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Harry Kane has blasted through Bundesliga defences with 17 goals in 11 games\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0England will face Malta on Friday before a trip to North Macedonia on Monday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211;\u00a0It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harry Kane was faced with a number of quick-fire questions &#8211; ranging from the best biscuit for dunking into a hot cuppa to the player he would most like to play with &#8211; and has revealed the single best defender he has ever come up against.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The England captain is busily preparing for international duty alongside the rest of the Three Lions, as they look to take on Malta on Friday at home, before a trip to North Macedonia on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate&#8217;s side are three points clear at the top of Group C with five wins and a draw, and will be looking to put themselves in an even stronger position with two wins heading into the final round of Euro 2024 qualifiers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an electric start to the 2023-24 campaign for Kane after his big-money move to Bayern Munich, having scored a staggering 17 goals in 11 Bundesliga games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet the striker made time to answer 20 questions about his life on and off the field, making some perhaps surprising statements in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/12\/77876091-12757089-image-m-60_1700136393554.jpg\" height=\"469\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane was asked a number of quick-fire questions which lead to some interesting revelations<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/12\/77876087-12757089-image-a-61_1700136419312.jpg\" height=\"489\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The England captain was quick to dig out former Tottenham and England team-mate Eric Dier\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/12\/77876085-12757089-image-a-62_1700136460092.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kane is busily preparing for the visit of Malta on Friday in England&#8217;s Euro 2024 qualifying campaign<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>After admitting that his boyhood hero was David Beckham and that the worst Christmas present he ever received was a guitar that went untouched, Kane was asked who the toughest defender he ever faced was.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I faced John Terry early in my career and I thought he was one of the best defenders in the world. Really smart, really intelligent.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And when asked about any Germany players he would want to see line up in an England shirt he offered a perhaps less than shocking response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m playing with Jamal Musiala at the moment,&#8217; he said of the player born in Germany but who represented the Three Lions at youth level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is pretty much English, but he obviously chose to play for Germany. Incredible player, great guy as well, so I would have liked it if he chose England over Germany.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musiala was born in Stuttgart to a British-Nigerian father and German-Polish mother and lived in Germany until 7, before moving to London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He would go on to rack up 19 youth appearances for England, before declaring for Die Mannschaft in 2021, whom he has gone on to represent on 25 occasions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kane was also quick to dig out one of his former Tottenham team-mates, Eric Dier, with whom he played on 360 occasions for club and country.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/12\/77876183-12757089-image-a-64_1700136550690.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old has been in explosive form in Germany, scoring 17 in 11 Bundesliga games so far this term<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/12\/77876005-12757089-image-a-57_1700136232678.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kane admitted that John Terry (left) was the best defender he had ever played against<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/12\/77876009-12757089-image-a-58_1700136239401.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea legend is widely considered one of the best centre backs in Premier League history\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked which player he would least like to sit next to on a long-haul flight, he said: &#8216;I&#8217;m going to put Eric Dier in there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Eric Dier just sleeps everywhere &#8211; on the coach, on the plane, so I&#8217;ll be getting no conversation from him. He&#8217;ll probably sleep the whole 12 hours, or whatever the flight is.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But of all the players in the history of the game, it was Lionel Messi that got the nod from Kane &#8211; perhaps unsurprising given his record tally of eight Ballon d&#8217;Or gongs awarded to the best player in the world each year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;d love to play with Messi, one of the greatest players to ever play our game &#8211; I&#8217;m sure he would be able to give me a few assists!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/12\/77876143-12757089-image-a-63_1700136505627.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Bayern Munich star claimed that Lionel Messi was the player he wished he could have played with<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12757089\/Harry-Kane-reveals-Germany-England-Eric-Dier.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Kane reveals the best defender he&#8217;s ever faced, the Germany star he wished played for England and why Eric Dier is the worst team-mate to sit next to on a flight Harry Kane has blasted through Bundesliga defences with 17 goals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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