Harry Kane his World Cup disappointment behind him, England manager Gareth Southgate believes.
The Three Lions captain missed a decisive penalty in the quarter-final defeat to France in Qatar, continuing the nation s long wait for international glory.
Kane would have broken Wayne Rooney s international record had he scored the penalty, as well as potentially guiding England into the last four, but he fired his attempt over the bar and the Three Lions lost 2-1.
He is not alone in penalty heartache for England, however, with team-mates Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho all missing spot-kicks in the shoot-out defeat to Italy at Wembley in the Euro 2020 final.
Going back further, Southgate himself missed from the spot in England s semi-final defeat to Germany at Euro 1996, meaning Kane is only the latest in a series of stars to suffer penalty heartache.
However, Southgate feels that will not hold back the Tottenham striker and backs him as one of the all-time greats.
We ve seen that with his performances and goals for his club that he has put it behind him, he said.
He knows he s going to have added motivation tomorrow [Wednesday] night to come back and show everybody what he is about again in an England shirt. For us that is a good position.
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It s always difficult to compare across ages, there a lot who I didn t see because I wasn t alive. But because of his goalscoring alone, that puts him in the upper echelons of that group.
He provides so much more for the team than that, his quality of passing, his vision, his touch, he s an outstanding player and we re very fortunate to have him.
The honour of being England s leading goalscorer is almost certain to fall to Kane, who is tied with Rooney on 53 for the Three Lions, and Declan Rice feels it would be a just reward.
I think you can see every time he scores a goal how much it means to him. Every goal, every training session, everything he does is at such a high level, the midfielder added.
If he does break the record tomorrow, it will be thoroughly deserved. He is a real leader and a lot of us will be very happy for him if he breaks the record tomorrow night.
