Euro 2020: England need a Son Heung-min to get best out of Harry Kane, says Jose Mourinho

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Tottenham Hotspur’s English striker Harry Kane is embraced by South Korean teammate Son Heung-Min after the English Premier League win over Leicester City. Photo: AFP

Published: 4:50pm, 12 Jun 2021

Former Spurs boss Jose Mourinho says that England need their own Son Heung-min to get the best out of skipper Harry Kane in the Uefa European Championships this summer.

Mourinho, who was sacked by Spurs in April, was speaking to TalkSport radio ahead of the start of Euro 2020 on Friday. England begin their campaign against the 2018 Fifa World Cup finalists Croatia at Wembley on Sunday.

“What’s needed is what we tried at Tottenham,” the incoming Roma manager told the radio station in an interview with Alan Brazil and Ray Parlour.

“He [Kane] drops so much, he gets between the lines, he’s such a quality and technical player that he can assist and link the play. If you do that, and you don’t have a player who looks for that [run behind], you find yourself having the ball but not being dangerous.

“I believe they need that because he will naturally drop, you will see him coming deeper, getting the ball – great vision, great passing, change of direction 70 metres to exploit the opposite full-back.

“He has all of this. We cannot say only he can score goals. Other guys have that responsibility.