{"id":327017,"date":"2025-10-23T17:35:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/327017\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:35:24","slug":"harry-kane-names-the-manchester-united-legend-he-wishes-he-couldve-played-alongside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/327017\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Kane names the Manchester United legend he wishes he could&#8217;ve played alongside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Harry Kane has been linked with Manchester United throughout his career and the England striker admits he would have liked to share the pitch with one Red Devils legend. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/how-harry-kane-really-felt-about-signing-for-man-utd-when-he-left-tottenham-hotspur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Kane was open to joining Manchester United<\/a> as he plotted an exit from Tottenham, but the Red Devils ended up missing out.<\/p>\n<p>Even after his move to Bayern Munich, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/harry-kane-has-secret-release-clause-and-he-would-consider-manchester-united-switch-claims-transfer-expert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kane continues to be linked with United<\/a> and a return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p>Already this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/harry-kane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Kane<\/a> has scored 20 goals in just 12 appearances, placing him firmly among the best strikers in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>If the 32-year-old does eye a return to England, expect United to be among the interested parties. Kane\u2019s latest comments prove how much he admires the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2933853-1024x620.jpg\" alt=\"David Beckham celebrates scoring for Manchester United in 2003.\" class=\"wp-image-281797\" \/>Photo by John Peters\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesHarry Kane would have loved to play with Man Utd icon<\/p>\n<p>When Kane retires, he will be remembered as one of the very best to grace the Premier League, which will put his name alongside several United legends.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/who-are-the-class-of-92\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iconic Class of \u201992<\/a> to the 2008 Champions League-winning side, United have produced some of England\u2019s best-ever teams.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to GOAL, Kane admitted that he would have loved to share the pitch with United icon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/david-beckham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Beckham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked which retired player he would\u2019ve loved to play with, Kane didn\u2019t hesitate at all before naming Beckham.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Kane, Beckham retired in 2013 \u2013 the same year that he was on loan at Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane could still enter Man United history books<\/p>\n<p>Kane clearly admires the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/david-beckham-shares-very-special-moment-in-man-utd-career-and-talks-up-one-of-his-idols\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">legacy that Beckham left at Old Trafford<\/a>, and it is not too late for England\u2019s all-time top scorer to write his own history at United.<\/p>\n<p>In Benjamin Sesko, United have an extremely exciting young talent up front. Having a role model such as Kane would help him to fulfil his incredible potential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/harry-kane-names-190000-p-w-man-utd-ace-when-tasked-with-naming-the-scariest-footballer-he-can-think-of\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Kane names \u00a3190,000 p\/w Man Utd ace when tasked with naming the scariest footballer he can think of<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ineos have preferred to sign young and upcoming talents, but Kane has proven this season that he is still among the world\u2019s best players at 32 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Kane is only 47 goals away from being the all-time top goalscorer in the Premier League, and he could be tempted to return to England and achieve that feat. Doing it at Old Trafford would add his name to the legendary history books at United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Kane has been linked with Manchester United throughout his career and the England striker admits he would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":327018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1117,6062,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-327017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-david-beckham","9":"tag-harry-kane","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115424692126802791","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}