“We had a bit of a laugh and a joke with the manager about it, but it’s something that happened”, Kane is quoted as saying by the BBC.
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“Of course, they will always prefer the stronger team”.
“I knew that the manager of England would stay in my office, so I chose to leave the letter on the pin board and my friend helped me to write the short letter”.
But the Spurs star shoots back: “I think shooting’s definitely got to be in the 90s”.
Shilton, who won 125 caps for England from 1970 to 1990, believes that Rooney should have walked away from the worldwide set-up after the team’s poor showing at the European Championships earlier this summer, rather than having a situation now where Allardyce is trying to shoehorn him into the side.
“The Englishmen knew that they are one player more, so, logically, they began pushing forward and creating the pressure”. But they did not have clear chances, so that is why we regret it, the 34-year-old added.
“If they had created some great play and scored a nice goal, you say it is okay, but not such as a goal in the stoppage time”.
“There were a few challenges that I felt could have earned him a yellow card but it didn’t come”, Kane said. “The only thing I mentioned about the past was to learn from it and the only thing I said was don’t feel like that again next time around”. “The ref has seen it and I think it deserved another yellow card”.
Durica’s comments are expected to land him in some serious trouble with Federation Internationale de Football Association and the player is widely expected to receive a ban.
England host Malta in their next qualifying game on 8 October.
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Slovakia’s kit man received a couple of special mementos from England manager Sam Allardyce on Sunday night.
