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Lewis Pangratiou

Gareth Southgate has already proven Tony Adams wrong over bizarre Harry Kane World Cup call

Arsenal legend Tony Adams doesn't think that Harry Kane should captain England in the future. The 56-year-old, who once wore the armband for the Three Lions himself, believes that the honour should go to someone who plays further back than the striker position.

Whilst Adams admits that Kane is rightfully the first name on the team sheet, he thinks that him being captain means that it makes it difficult for Gareth Southgate to substitute him if he feels England need to make a tactical switch.

"Harry Kane is a great player, a top goalscorer, commands total respect from his team-mates and is rightly the first name on the England teamsheet," Adams wrote in The Sun. "So far, so good, but I have my reservations about him as captain.

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