""I think we're at that stage now where only a win is going to satisfy ourselves and satisfy the country," Kane said. "We kind of felt that during a little bit the last Euros. We got to a final and there was still a lot of negative noise around us. We knew that unless we won it that noise was going to continue and it did, that's part and parcel of it.""
""Going into this tournament, there's an expectation. We're fourth in the world rankings, people see us as one of the favourites. We have to acknowledge that and take it into the tournament and handle that pressure. "We've had a lot of good things, a lot of good moments in the last eight years or so as a national team but ultimately now, for myself, it's about winning, it's about winning the biggest trophies.""
Only a win at next year's FIFA World Cup will satisfy both the England team and the country. England reached the 2018 World Cup semifinal and has since produced consistent deep tournament runs but has not won a major trophy since 1966. The loss in the Euro 2024 final increased frustration and sustained negative noise around the team. England enter the upcoming tournament ranked fourth in the world and are viewed as one of the favourites, creating added expectation and pressure. The squad possesses quality and recent experience; success now depends on handling decisive high-pressure moments to secure the biggest trophies.
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