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Harry Kane will march into England HQ next week haunted by an inescapable sense of what might have been.
The 25-man squad Gareth Southgate has selected to face Malta and North Macedonia for this month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers will be missing at least five players when they convene at St George’s Park.
Manchester City’s John Stones, Kyle Walker, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Kalvin Phillips have been given permission to join up later, with the Champions League final their priority.
Kane’s mind may wander back to the summer of 2021, when it looked like he would be joining Manchester City. He remained at Tottenham and remains without a trophy to his name.
The Etihad ship has sailed. Erling Haaland filled the shoes the England captain was supposed to fit into, but the Manchester United ship remains docked, ready for him to climb aboard. Erik ten Hag needs a new striker. He needs Kane.
The lack of a top quality striker for Man United was evident in their FA Cup final defeat to City
They need a striker like Harry Kane although it will be hard to prize him away from Tottenham
Needing and having are two entirely different things, of course. When Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is involved, such issues are often fraught and excruciating. But if there was ever a game that underlined why a world-class forward could
