Harry Kane stacks up against any other striker in the World Cup according to Declan Rice after the England skipper scored twice in their opener against Croatia
Declan Rice says Harry Kane is such a legendary figure in English football that he will tell his kids he played with him. England midfielder Rice clearly believes the Bayern Munich superstar stands up against any of the strikers at the World Cup.
And Rice admits that even he gets star struck at times by just how good Kane is while he also insisted England can go all the way this summer.
Rice said: “He’s one of those players that can tell the kids when they’re older that they got to play with Harry Kane. For me, that’s unbelievable.
“He’s one of them players that I’m very fortunate to have. One, he’s our captain. But two, how he leads by example every day and how he pushes in training.
“It’s not a surprise to me how good he is just because of the goals he scores in training and what he’s been doing at Bayern Munich and what he’s been doing in an England shirt. It’s been an honour to play with him.”
England made a winning start to their Group but Rice says they will face a tough test against Ghana – but will be determined to win and says they believe they can beat anyone.
Rice said: “We are just as motivated if not more motivated to win. Harry spoke about it earlier that we haven’t always had a great result in the second game so we have to get that right.
“If you look back on the second half, it was probably the best half of football we’ve played under Thomas.
“That performance was the benchmark now and if we keep playing like that then we will be a match for anyone and we should have confidence in our ability and believe we can beat anyone in this tournament.”
Rice also says he will face a difficult battle against former Arsenal team mate Thomas Partey who he will be up against in midfield.
Rice added: “I played against Thomas, so I played with Thomas Arsenal. A really good player, but also I’ve played against a lot of the Ghana team. And like I said from the clips, I know what they’re going to bring.
“They’re going to bring strength and pace. They want to catch us out on the counter attack. So yeah, we need to be ready for everything. But also, we have played against a lot of them. Players already know what’s going to be coming tomorrow.”
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