England captain Harry Kane has said he did not think the attention he was getting was as much and was just a reminder of how important playing for his country is after facing backlash over his comments about a number of his compatriots withdrawing from the squad.

Kane faced backlash last week after expressing his disappointment at the number of his compatriots withdrawing from the squad and has now said:

“I was just giving my opinion. I didn’t think there would be that much attention,” the 31-year-old told reporters ahead of this weekend’s home game against Ireland.

“The international camp in November is always difficult. ufabet http://ufabet999.app You’re in the middle of a lot of injuries and fixtures. Even in the past, we’ve had players withdraw. “

I just think this period is so important for England but it gets forgotten a little bit. It’s the international camp to build togetherness and a winning culture going into the World Cup. “

I think every single player gives everything when they’re in the team. The most important thing is who’s in the team. I just want to remind them that playing for England is special.”

England have reached back-to-back European Championship finals and the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup under Gareth Southgate and Kane is keen to keep the culture alive:

“We’ve spent a long time building the culture in the team but if we’re not careful we can lose it in a very short period of time. I think we know that, especially the experienced players,” he said

. “You don’t want to lose them when you start to get younger players coming in. Lee Carsley has done a great job and I’m sure Thomas Tuchel will come in and create a culture with his own ideas.”