32 On the latest occasion, it started when Harry Kane failed to score against Scotland in England’s second game of Euro 2020. The doubting, the grimacing, the should he even be in the team-ing? This came a year and a day after Kane’s much-criticised performance in the first match of Project Restart against Manchester United. In another match played on a Friday night, Kane had looked sluggish — on that occasion, it was his first match in six months following a January hamstring injury. Despite those mitigating circumstances, his performance created something of a diplomatic incident. Former Arsenal and England midfielder Paul Merson said on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday the following day that Kane wouldn’t score goals at his normal rate under Jose Mourinho. The then-Spurs head coach bit back in his press conference two days later, addressing “Dear Paul” directly in a lengthy monologue that involved him producing a dossier with the (not always accurate) goal returns of strikers who had worked under him.