Tommy Martin: Quintessential Englishman Harry Kane hadn’t the stomach for guerrilla war

Kane’s campaign to leave Tottenham was a very English coup, bearing the hallmarks of the many bungled military escapades from his nation’s imperial past

Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane warms up on the pitch ahead of the Premier League match against Wolves at the Molineux Stadium. Picture: David Davies/PA

Though he has the blood of Connemara in his veins, Harry Kane is the quintessential Englishman.

Kane’s Englishness is of a timeless quality — valiant, sturdy, a little bit dull — that you could imagine toting a longbow at Agincourt, charging with the Light Brigade, or landing on the beaches of Normandy.