Overview
- Harry Kane told the Press Association on Thursday that England's squad is "as good as we've ever had" and that the team go to the tournament as one of the favourites.
- Kane arrives at his third World Cup in peak club form after scoring 58 goals in 50 appearances for Bayern Munich this season and says he is playing the best football of his career.
- The captain has a personal target of three World Cup goals that would move him past Gary Lineker as England's leading World Cup scorer.
- Kane launched an England Challenge with TOCA Social on Thursday and donated a worn boot to be cast as the TOCA Trophy for fans to win at immersive venues.
- The current optimism builds on England's recent run of consecutive European Championship finals under Gareth Southgate and a comfortable World Cup qualification campaign overseen by Thomas Tuchel.