Euro 2024 closing: Harry Kane says he would swap the whole lot in profession for England victory towards Spain

Harry Kane says he could be content material to swap “everything I’ve done in my career” for Euro 2024 glory with England.

The captain is England’s all-time high goalscorer, the second-highest scorer in Premier League historical past and has runners-up medals from the Champions League and Euro 2020 on high of numerous particular person awards.

However with Bayern Munich lacking out on silverware within the first season in Germany, the 30-year-old is but so as to add a winners medal to his assortment.

On Sunday night time in Berlin, he has the prospect to vary that.

“It’s no secret I haven’t won a team trophy and every year that goes by, I’m more motivated to change that,” Kane advised reporters in England’s closing pre-match press convention.

“Tomorrow night time, I’ve the prospect to win one of many greatest you may ever win and make historical past with my nation.

“No query I would swap the whole lot I’ve accomplished in my profession to have a particular night time and a win tomorrow night.

“It could imply the whole lot. It could be probably the most unbelievable feeling as an expert footballer and I am certain additionally for the followers to have that second in historical past and to have the ability to have a good time could be one thing very particular.

“It was a tough finish in the last Euros so there’s that extra hunger and fire in the belly to make sure this one goes our way, but we also know it’s going to be an extremely tough night.

“Just like the boss stated, it should come right down to small particulars, which we have been capable of get proper all through the entire match up to now. We’ll want that and much more in tomorrow’s closing.”

In their first major tournament final overseas, Gareth Southgate’s squad have the chance to lead England’s men’s team to glory for the first time since the 1966 World Cup.

The current crop will carry that burden on their shoulders against Spain, but Kane says he has not thought about how life could change with victory in the Olympiastadion.

“I attempt to not suppose an excessive amount of about that aspect of it,” he added.

“I know what it would mean to me and I know what it would mean to our country if we won the final, so of course you have that in your mind and you use that as motivation to try and be successful.

“It is onerous as a result of once we’re right here and we have been away, you are form of in your personal bubble. You see the movies and the followers whenever you arrive at video games, however it’s actually onerous to inform what is going on on again in England, however I am certain it is incredible to be part of.

“From my point of view, I’m extremely excited for the chance to make a lot of people happy, including myself, and it’s going to be a big battle.

“We have accomplished fantastically in lots of tournaments, however now it is time to recover from the road and now we have that chance.”

Southgate: I’ve no worry for the ultimate – I have been via the whole lot

England supervisor Gareth Southgate says he has no worry forward of Sunday’s showpiece in Berlin after 35 years within the recreation which have taken in defeat within the Euros closing three years in the past and the ache of lacking the decisive penalty within the semi-final shoot-out towards Germany in 1996.

The 53-year-old – a 57-cap worldwide – is the one males’s supervisor in historical past to guide the nation to 2 main match finals and solely the third to take cost of greater than 100 video games.

“For me, those difficult nights have taught me football can change so quickly. The difference between winning and losing is so small,” he stated.

“It is given me extra perspective in my life as a result of in the long run, there are larger issues than soccer which can be extra necessary.

“But football has given me an amazing life, amazing experiences, I’ve travelled the world and to be a part of doing something I love doing for almost 35 years of my life, I couldn’t have wished for anything more.

“To symbolize my nation as a participant after which to guide my nation for eight years as a supervisor has been the largest privilege I might probably have.

“Tomorrow, I haven’t got worry of what would possibly occur as a result of I have been via the whole lot. I need the gamers to really feel that fearlessness, I need them to be the perfect model of themselves as a result of no matter occurs, we’re so robust as a bunch and we help one another.

“I said earlier in the tournament, if we’re not afraid to lose, it gives us a better chance of winning. That’s very important for us.

“I am personally excited for tomorrow, to play in an excellent stadium… we’re wanting ahead to this final step now.”

Nevertheless, he insisted destiny is not going to come into it if England are to win the Euros in Germany, having seen the Germans take house the prize on English soil in 1996.

“I’m not a believer in fairy tales, but I am a believer in dreams,” he added.

“We’ve had big dreams, we’ve felt the importance of that. But you have to make those things happen.

“Destiny, the run that we have had, the late objectives, the penalties, that does not equate to it being our second. We now have to make that occur tomorrow and be on the ranges we have to carry out.

“It would be a lovely story, but it’s our performance that is the most important thing.”

De la Fuente: There aren’t any favourites for Euro 2024 closing

Spain supervisor Luis de la Fuente:

“We are serene. We have never lost perspective, we know the kind of analysis from the outside, but we think our own way.

“We all know there is no such thing as a favourites tomorrow. It’s a very equal recreation, identical because the earlier recreation we have performed.

“We leave the favourites for the betting and stuff like that, but we know if we don’t play even above the level we have shown so far, if we’re not focused and we make any mistakes, we won’t be able to win tomorrow.

“However I do know my group has all of that and we really feel actually excited. With most respect for our rivals, we’re very centered on attempting to win tomorrow.”