Beckham joins Kane call for England

David Beckham has joined the growing clamour for Harry Kane to be selected for England with his recent comments in the Daily Star.


Having now retired he is still an England fan and that comes through with many of the ex-professionals doing punditry work on the various channels these days. They are now like the rest of us, hoping we can build another winning team.

"Being English, and seeing someone like Harry and the way he's playing and the way he's played this season, he's having a stunning year.
"I think everyone is singing his praises, and rightly so. He's 21 years old, he's working hard and has got a good head on his shoulders, so we will see.
"It doesn't matter what age you are – if you're good enough then you should play."

At the weekend Michael Owen was saying that he has to be in third place behind Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge now. When you consider Roy Hodgson has been picking Ricky Lambert because of his aerial prowess, there seems little point in continuing with the Liverpool man now Harry Kane has shown he can score goals but also that he can score them with his head.

Former Liverpool and England striker Owen couldn't stop gushing about the header for the winning goal, yet it was only a couple of weeks ago he was saying Kane wasn't great at anything just very very good. He meant that as a compliment but he may have had to revise that opinion recently.

Another former Liverpool and England man, who like Owen had a spell at Real Madrid, was also full of praise for Kane's finishing as was former Manchester United and England man Paul Scholes.

There doesn't seem any way Hodgson can leave him out given the variety of goals Kane has scored.

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