Harry Kane insists he is at ‘peak sharpness’ for England at Euro 2024 ahead of knockout stage [Video]

Kane missed the end of the club season with Bayern Munich because of a back injury and has made a slow start to this summer’s tournament, despite opening his goalscoring account in the 1-1 draw with Denmark.

The 30-year-old has looked short of full match fitness and England desperately need their captain on song as they seek to ignite their slumbering campaign in Sunday’s last-16 meeting with Slovakia.

Kane, though, is not in unfamiliar territory, having looked short of his best at the start of both Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, failing to score in the group stage of either tournament.

However, the former Tottenham striker’s knockout record across those two campaigns is outstanding, with six goals in as many matches – a clear contrast with the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where he scored five times in the group but only once in three matches …