Harry Kane breaks his silence on England's Euro 2024 agony as he admits he is 'heartbroken' and that the Three Lions 'fell short of our target' in social media message to fans

Harry Kane admitted he is 'heartbroken' after England's Euro 2024 agony with the Three Lions captain breaking his silence in a lengthy social media message.

Gareth Southgate's side lost their second successive European Championship final on Sunday with the 2-1 defeat by Spain extending their trophy drought to 60 years.

Kane was taken off on the hour mark at the end of a tournament in which he was criticised for several ineffectual displays and looked dejected at the final whistle.

But in a 84-word post on Instagram directed at supporters, the captain has vowed to keep fighting and voiced his pride with his side's achievements over the past month.

'Heartbroken we couldn't achieve what we worked so hard to,' he wrote. 

'It was a long tough tournament and I'm so proud of the boys and staff for getting to the final. Ultimately we fell short of our target and will have to live with that.

'But as we always do we will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down and be ready to fight again in an England shirt.

'Thank you to all the fans that believed in us and supported us to the very end!'

Kane, who was replaced by Ollie Watkins with England chasing a goal in Berlin, is the first Three Lions player to respond to their agony the following morning.

The 30-year-old was unable to repeat the heroics that lit up his first campaign at Bayern Munich despite finding the net three times, leading to suggestions from several pundits that he had carried a mystery injury into the summer.  

The frontman was quick to dismiss the rumours, however.

'No, it's time to talk about personal things,' Kane told BBC Five Live.

'The tournament plays out in different situations. You deal with a lot as a player throughout these tournaments.

'Everyone is dealing with issues and you're at your maximum physical capabilities and it was just the way the game panned out and the way the tournament's gone.

'Of course, from a personal point of view I would have loved to have played better tonight and it would've been a different outcome but unfortunately it wasn't.'

More to follow.