We can be really proud of our campaign – Kane

HARRY Kane believes that England's terrific qualification campaign has shown what Thomas Tuchel's FIFA World Cup contenders are capable of.

- SIMON PEACH

The Euro 2024 runners-up are among the favourites for glory in North America next summer and a nation others will want to avoid in the December 5 draw.

England secured their spot at the finals with two games to spare and on Sunday completed a perfect qualification campaign, with Kane’s brace in a 2-0 triumph in Albania making it eight wins and eight clean sheets.

It is the first time a European team has achieved that feat when playing at least six qualifiers and underlined the potential of Tuchel’s side.

“Whenever you're creating history, it shows that you're on the right path,” England captain Kane said.

“I think we've had a lot of great qualifying campaigns in recent times and we've topped that with this one, so we can be really proud of the hard work that we put in.

“I know sometimes we maybe don’t get the credit for these type of wins and campaigns, but we've done our job, we've done what we need to do and we've done it in style as well. We can be really proud of that and look forward to the new year now.”