Harry Kane ‘talented enough’ to become NFL kicker but Jaguars star sends warning

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Harry Kane has inked a new contract with Bayern Munich, but he is already thinking about his post-soccer career.Kane’s three-year deal with Bayern will keep him in Bavaria until 2029, and once that expires, he has his eyes set on potentially switching sports.Kane is a favorite to win this year’s Ballon d’OrGettyKane has floated the idea of joining the NFL as a kicker alongside a split role with a Major League Soccer (MLS) team.“It all depends on what happens in my career over the next five or six years, the motivation and what I want to do,” Kane said. “The NFL is a lot more realistic, let’s put it that way.”Kane warned about transition to NFL kickerJacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little made the game-winning field goal in their Week 5 London win over the Philadelphia Eagles.Little, who played soccer until he was 16, gave some advice to England’s record-breaking striker about a potential move.“It’s just so different, sitting there on the sidelines the whole game,” Little told The Associated Press.“You’re not going to get on the ball, and you don’t have the same moxie, I guess, because he is a star striker for the team. “So that moxie is just kind of put to the side. You’ve got to let everyone else do the big man’s job, and then you’re out there just to back everyone up basically.”“He’s probably talented enough to do it. His technique in soccer is so good. But it’s just such a different mental, I’d say, challenge than soccer.“It’d be like him taking five set pieces a day. And he’s got to deliver on all five set pieces, or you didn’t do your job for the day.”Little warned Kane that the transition from soccer to the NFL is difficultGettyThe 33-year-old admitted that he is beginning to think about his post-soccer careerAFP‘Short-term memory’ required to succeedLittle and the Jaguars have remained in London ahead of their clash with the Houston Texans on Sunday at Wembley.It appeared that the 23-year-old had cost Jacksonville late in the fourth quarter of their Eagles victory, missing an extra-point attempt.Philadelphia took a 17-16 lead with just 8 seconds left, before the improbable ending on Little’s heroics.“Missing a set piece or missing a wide-open goal, you see a lot of strikers do that, and they’ll come back and put the game away,” Little added. “I’ve got to have short-term memory and be at my best when the best is required.”Little is not the only soccer player turned NFL kicker in the league, Dallas Cowboys‘ Brandon Aubrey was drafted by MLS side Toronto FC.Little holds the NFL record for longest field goal made at 68 yardsGettyWhether the England captain actually pursues an NFL career or remains firmly in soccer remains to be seen.However, with three more years guaranteed at Bayern, Kane has plenty of time to fine-tune his technique before deciding if he’s ready to swap the penalty box for the gridiron.Join talkSPORT’s dedicated US Sports YouTube channel The S* Word every Tuesday and Thursday for our brand new NFL shows.On Tuesdays, Will Gavin and US senior reporter Brian T. Smith will debate the biggest talking points from the NFL weekend, while on Thursdays Efe Obada joins the crew to talk to players past and present and break down what to look for across the league.