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The star of one of the best teams at this year's World Cup is considering taking his talents from that football to American football.
Harry Kane, the captain of the England squad that ended up in third place, has a plan to come back to the Americas for the final portion of his athletic career.
Kane, 33, said he's interested in pursuing a spot as an NFL kicker, reports Jack Pitt-Brooke of The Athletic.
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He's been a fan of American football for years now, and he's long pondered ways to continue playing competitive sports when his soccer days are over.
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In the past, he's indicated that might be with golf, but now, it seems he's focused on the gridiron.
“That is something I will try and look at a bit more seriously,” Kane said. “It all depends on what happens in my career over the next five or six years, the motivation and what I want to do. The NFL is a lot more realistic than the golf one, let’s put it that way.”
Kane has also said that perhaps his soccer career could even continue simultaneously with that NFL career, though it would be in a lower-tier league.
“Maybe if I am in the MLS in the future or somewhere like that it might be a thing where you could connect the two, with the seasons,” he said. “But it is in the back of my mind because right now, I am feeling that I want to play as long as I can here.”
Given the timeline Kane provided, the MLS will be on a summer-to-spring format, ensuring the NFL season will fully overlap with the soccer season.
It might be difficult for Kane to balance playing two sports at once, but the kicker position doesn't require nearly as much team practice as other positions do.
Furthermore, we've seen NFL players compete in two sports simultaneously, though it's often baseball that's the other sport.
Famously, Deion Sanders tried to play NFL and MLB games on the same day, and he scored a touchdown and hit a home run in the same week.
If Harry Kane tries to pull off his own dual-sport career, he might make some history just like Sanders did.
He'll just have to make sure to keep his right leg healthy.
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