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IAN LADYMAN: Harry Kane is playing his best ever football… and amazingly it’s OUTSIDE the penalty area. PLUS, is Erik ten Hag worried about Man United’s lack of forwards?

Harry Kane had a difficult start to last summer's European Championship which led to immediate questions about how he fundamentally plays the game.

Kane, the England captain, had scored 34 international goals back when the tournament started so maybe we should have trusted him more. But many who should have known better did not.

Kane was coming too deep to get the ball. He should have been playing on the shoulder of the last defender. He wasn't spending enough time in the penalty area. This is what we were told by former players on the television and in the written press.