Another international tournament is coming to a close and England’s 56 years of hurt continue.
The Three Lions fell at the quarter-final stage meaning that their lengthy trophy drought continues.
However, perhaps more poignantly than the 56 years of hurt continuing is Harry Kane’s personal 29 years of hurt.
The Tottenham striker will surely have viewed this World Cup in Qatar as a great opportunity to win the first, and most important, trophy in his career, but he fell at an early hurdle.
To make matters worse, Kane himself is, arguably, directly responsible for England’s elimination.
While we hate to point the finger at one individual, Kane skying his penalty certainly cost England, and that may have serious repercussions on his Spurs future.
Kane missing out on a trophy in this fashion will surely only add more fuel to the fire that is burning inside of him desperate to win some silverware, and he may now, once again, decide that his best course of action is to leave Tottenham.
Of course, Kane pushed for a move away from Spurs last summer before seemingly resolving his issues upon the appointment of Antonio Conte, but 18 months on with no trophies in sight and his contract entering the final year before expiry, Kane could aim for a move away from north London in search of glory.
Tottenham do still have a chance at an FA Cup win this season, but they’re far from favourites in that competition, and if there is no winners’ medal in Kane’s collection by the end of the season, one has to imagine that he’ll, again, begin to get a bit fed up of constant failures – especially after his direct contribution to England’s World Cup elimination.
Kane’s World Cup failure may well have put him one step closer to leaving Spurs.
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