England captain Harry Kane has revealed he once played golf with US President Donald Trump, describing the experience as “surreal”.
The striker will lead England into the World Cup quarter-final against Norway in Miami on Saturday (22:00 BST). Ahead of the game, he revealed that he played golf with Trump in Florida 18 months ago.
“To be honest, I played well,” said Bayern Munich striker Kane.
“He invited me to play when I was in Palm Beach. So yeah, when the president invites you somewhere…
“It was quite a surreal experience just meeting him and obviously playing golf with him.
“To be honest, he’s a pretty good golfer. I hope that at his age I can play golf as well as he does, that’s for sure. It’s a unique experience, but I was just grateful that he invited me to play.”
The US will join Canada and Mexico in hosting the 2026 World Cup and Kane responded to a comment by Trump, 80, that said the pair had played together.
“I think Kane is a great player,” Trump said after Kane, who had six goals and one assist for England at the World Cup, helped the Three Lions beat Mexico 3-2 in the last 16.
“I played golf with him and I really like him. He is also a good golfer. He’s really great.”