Kane Doesn’t Care About Winning Golden Boot – Danny Mills

Former England defender Danny Mills has said that Harry Kane will not be paying any attention to Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe’s 2026 World Cup exploits. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Stressing that the Bayern Munich striker would rather be Olivier Giroud and not score at the World Cup, Mills stated that Kane will forever prioritise collective success over any individual accolades at major tournaments.

Danny added that Harry would reject the Golden Boot if it meant that England gets knocked out in the quarter-final.

His words, “Personally, I don’t think so. I don’t think he’s motivated by that. I think he just wants to score. I think he just wants to score as many goals as possible. He wants England to win.

I don’t think he’s really that bothered. You could say to Harry Kane, would you rather have a Golden Boot and get knocked out in the quarter-final or would you rather be Olivier Giroud and win the World Cup and not score? I think Harry Kane would be in that second category.

I think there would be some world-class strikers that might go the other way. Sometimes it’s about personal goals, sometimes that outweighs the team. Obviously, they want both but some of them are a bit more selfish.

I don’t think Harry Kane’s like that in the slightest. He’ll have seen what those other players have done. I don’t think he’s fazed by that at all. I think he’s very, very comfortable in his own skin and that’s not an issue for him. I think he’s motivated by just wanting to score and wanting to get as many goals and win as many games for England as possible.”

WOW.

Harry Edward Kane MBE (born 28 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the England national team. A prolific goalscorer with strong link play, Kane is regarded as one of the best strikers in the world.

He is both Tottenham Hotspur’s and England’s all-time highest goalscorer, as well as being the second-highest all-time goalscorer in the Premier League. Kane has scored over 350 goals for club and country.

Beginning his senior career with Tottenham Hotspur in 2009, Kane had loan spells out to clubs across the English football pyramid, including Leyton Orient, Millwall, Leicester City, and Norwich City. Kane’s involvement at Tottenham increased after Mauricio Pochettino became head coach in 2014, and in his first full season at the club he was named PFA Young Player of the Year. In the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, Kane finished as the league’s top goalscorer.

Harry Edward Kane was born on 28 July 1993 in Walthamstow, London to Kim (née Hogg) and Patrick Kane and has one older brother, Charlie. He has Irish ancestry through his father, who is from Galway.