The 65-year-old revealed the news while speaking to TV chef Gordon Ramsay on the World Cup TV show version of The Rest Is Football podcast on Netflix.

Kane equalled Lineker’s England World Cup goals record of 10 with his brace against Croatia in Dallas.

Lineker stepped down as the presenter of Match Of The Day after 26 years in May last year.

The presenter said he believed he had complied with the BBC’s impartiality rules as he had looked at the war in Gaza ‘without a vested interest’.

The 64-year-old has hosted Match Of The Day since 1999.

The broadcaster and former footballer said he ‘hated training’ and never foresaw a career in coaching.