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    "parsed_content": "Harry Kane has raised the possibility that he could combine becoming a specialist NFL kicker with finishing his football career in Major League Soccer (MLS), playing the two sports simultaneously.The England captain said on Wednesday that he was \u201cfairly close\u201d to finalising a new contract at Bayern Munich, and that it \u201cwon\u2019t be too long\u201d before an announcement. But when Kane looks further into the future, towards the end of his football career, he is still considering a change of sports.Kane has long thought of becoming a professional golfer \u2014 he is a member at Wentworth, a private club in the outskirts of London \u2014 and plays off a handicap of two. He knows how hard it would be to become a pro. His other sporting passion is American football, and for years he has considered becoming a specialist placekicker, far more seriously than many people realised. And on Wednesday he revealed he wants to explore it further.\u201cThat is something I will try and look at a bit more seriously,\u201d Kane told reporters at St George\u2019s Park. \u201cIt all depends on what happens in my career over the next five or six years, the motivation and what I want to do. The NFL is a lot more realistic than the golf one, let\u2019s put it that way.\u201dKane insisted that there have not yet been any conversations about an NFL switch, and said that if he was still at his peak in football then it would not be a consideration. \u201cIf people know I am still on the top of my game here with football, it is not a conversation that would be had,\u201d he said.ATLGB6% Picked94% Picked6843 votesBut then Kane raised a new possibility, one he has not discussed before this publicly: that he could finish his football career in MLS while being an NFL kicker at the same time. \u201cMaybe if I am in the MLS in the future or somewhere like that it might be a thing where you could connect the two, with the seasons,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it is in the back of my mind because right now, I am feeling that I want to play as long as I can here.\u201d\n \n \n \n \n What You Should Read Next\n \n \n \n \n Harry Kane: My game in my words\n \n \n The Bayern Munich and England star breaks down the finishing, passing and all-round play that has made him a serious Ballon d'Or contender\n \n \n \n \n \n Kane, though, is well aware of the example of Brandon Aubrey, the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 kicker who was a professional soccer player in his early 20s with Toronto FC. Kane said that his own skills are more transferable to NFL than they would be to any other sport.\u201cI take penalties and it is a very similar pressure and technique,\u201d Kane said. \u201cIf I did that, in terms of training, I would be closer to that more than to any other sport. But as I know, with all elite sports, when you watch it on TV, people make it look easy, and you think it is possible, but that is not always the case.\u201cIf I was to do it, it is something I would take seriously. I would take six months to a year to try and practice before.\u201dKane was speaking at the start of England\u2019s Nations League camp, their first fixtures since the World Cup. He revealed that vice-captain Declan Rice had sent him a voice note to discuss his pulling out from the camp on Sunday.\u201cI know Dec goes far and beyond for the club and country,\u201d Kane said. \u201cSo I know how much he gives and I know he\u2019s been struggling for a while with his issues.\n \n \n \n \n Daily Play\n \n \n \n \n Play Connections: Soccer Edition\n \n \n Group soccer terms that share a common thread. A new puzzle is available each day.\n \n \n \n \n \n \u201cSomeone like Dec has to get himself sorted and get himself fresh, and he has big games for his club, big games for his country coming up.\u201dLooking back at the World Cup, Kane said the semi-final defeat to Argentina was the most painful international defeat of his career, because England were not true to themselves. \u201cIt felt like it wasn\u2019t us as a team,\u201d Kane said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t the team that we wanted to be and that we said we\u2019d be. I think when you go against your beliefs and you lose, it feels ten times worse.\u201dKane revealed that after England won the Bronze Final at the World Cup in Miami, he flew to New York, but that he chose to play golf the day of the final rather than watching it. \u201cI didn\u2019t watch the final,\u201d he said. \u201cI was trying to ignore everything about it.\u201d\nJack Pitt-Brooke is a football journalist for The Athletic based in London. He joined in 2019 after nine years at The Independent.Follow Sep 24, 2026Connections: Sports EditionSpot the pattern. Connect the termsFind the hidden link between sports termsPlay today's puzzleWhat did you think of this story?MEHSOLIDAWESOME",
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