Ibrahima Konate has warned that France will jeopardise their ambition to make history if they become fixated with stopping Harry Kane.
The build-up to Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final has been dominated by talk of how England will try to keep Kylian Mbappe quiet, but that preoccupation overlooks the many outstanding talents France can call on.
To be around the France camp in Al Sadd for the last couple of days, however, it is clear they are looking at Kane and England in a similar way. Why would Didier Deschamps focus on Kane (right) when Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka and others can run amok?