Early on Sunday evening, a few hours before Spurs made their latest admission of failure by parting ways with Antonio Conte and beginning the search for yet another new manager, Harry Kane stood on the pitch, with his wife, Kate, and his three young children by his side, basking in the applause of a capacity crowd at Wembley.
As the England team that he leads prepared to play a European Championship qualifier against Ukraine, Kane was asked to step forward from the line-up to be presented with a trophy in the form of a gleaming golden boot, in recognition of his achievement in breaking the all-time England goalscoring record with his penalty against Italy in Naples last Thursday.