Harry Kane leads England into Norway quarter-final with Golden Boot charge and yellow card confusion

Harry Kane will lead England into a World Cup quarter-final against Norway on Saturday evening, a stage where his six goals and one assist have made him the tournament’s leading Golden Boot contender at 32 years old. The former Tottenham Hotspur marksman now earns a base salary of around £24m per year on his four-year contract with Bayern Munich, a move in August 2023 that boosted his net worth to approximately £110m – making him the UK’s 10th-richest sportsperson. His wealth extends beyond football: a lifetime global endorsement deal with Skechers after leaving Nike, and HK28, a business with assets of £10.2m that deals in sport, business, entertainment and charity. Yet the England captain carries uncertainty into the clash. A graphic during England’s win over Mexico showed Kane had been shown a yellow card, sparking confusion over whether he is at risk of a World Cup ban in the quarter-final. The mixed messages come as Kane draws on stability off the pitch. He and Kate Goodland, his wife since 2019, met at Larkswood Primary School and later studied together at Chingford Foundation School in Waltham Forest. The couple share four children: Ivy Jane, Vivienne Jane, Louis Harry and Henry Edward. Kane proposed during a holiday in the Bahamas in 2017. ‘If I was single now and meeting people, you’d never know if they were with you for the right reasons,’ he told the Evening Standard. ‘Is it the money? You’d never really know. So I’m lucky that I’ve got a childhood sweetheart.’ Thomas Tuchel will hope his captain can deliver the goods once more against Norway, but the yellow card confusion leaves a question hanging over the game.