00:13Hi Harry, well done on the result first of all and congratulations on the record, obviously
00:17a very special night for you and your family. What were your emotions particularly in that
00:21pre-match ceremony and leading the team out tonight?
00:23Yeah it was incredible, yeah just everything was just amazing, obviously a big thank you
00:29to everyone who organised it here at the FA, with the TIFO, with the presentations, thank
00:34you to Luca and the Croatian organisation for gifting me their gift as well, so yeah obviously
00:41I knew there was going to be something before the game and yeah just a special moment, I
00:45spoke before that, it's been a crazy few weeks and a lot happening and of course it's an important
00:51moment in our history as a national team so you have to enjoy these moments, but then
00:56yeah once I think the game started it was just full focus on that, I've said before these
01:02occasions feel much better when you win and obviously now I can take a breath and enjoy
01:08the whole night itself.
01:13Congratulations again Harry, we saw you having a little word with Luca at the end of the game,
01:17is his longevity something you sort of aspire to and if so how far can you go with this?
01:23Yeah without a doubt, he's an inspiration for a lot of us, what an incredible player but what a
01:29great person as well and someone who's looked after himself, a great professional and to be
01:34playing, what is he 40, 41 now, still at this level is credit to all of his hard work and
01:40his
01:40mentality so yeah that inspires me to push the limits, like with him I think you just keep going to
01:47see how far your body takes you, your mentality takes you, everyone's journey is different for sure
01:53but yeah I spoke before as long as I feel like I can help the national team, as long as
01:58I feel like
01:58I'm performing at the highest level then I'll be here for as long as I can so yeah whether that's
02:04until I'm 40 or not we'll have to wait and see but right now yeah I'm enjoying every moment.
02:09And another goal tonight, counting down towards the century, is that achievable?
02:14Yeah I think it's achievable for sure, yeah getting closer, obviously another important goal
02:19to help us get the win, yeah a nice penalty, you know I missed my last penalty at Bayern so
02:25I think
02:25the next one is always important to bounce back and not get on a run and misses so yeah overall
02:31just
02:31can be happy I think tonight, of course there was things that we couldn't improve on but it was just
02:37about getting a win ultimately and it sets up a fantastic game on Sunday now.
02:42The moment where you lifted the Ballon d'Or to the crowd, can you just give a little bit of
02:47insight
02:47into what that moment specifically meant to you and does it give you even more motivation to maybe
02:53be back at Wembley in 2028 and lifting a team trophy to the crowd? Yeah 100% I think
03:00the crowd would be going a bit more crazy if we were lifting Euro 2028 that's for sure but yeah
03:05it
03:05inspires me no doubt you know I think to be able to share the Ballon d'Or with our fans
03:10is important
03:11because you know we haven't won it for a long long time so yeah I think again not just the
03:181-2-6 but
03:19also the Ballon d'Or was an important occasion to mark and just seeing the fans and the reception that
03:24I got was incredible and I know if we win a major tournament which is my ultimate goal and my
03:28biggest
03:28dream with England then the celebrations not just in the stadium but around the whole country will
03:35be a special thing to witness so yeah without a doubt you know I don't think I need any more
03:41motivation
03:42to make that happen but um yeah it'll be incredible if we can Simon hi Harry congratulations thank you
03:49we've spoken in the past about all these records and achievements and how you don't really have a
03:54chance to take stock has the last couple of weeks allowed you to really reflect on on the journey you
03:59obviously mentioned all the people that helped you during the Ballon d'Or ceremony and so that just
04:04there's not that many moments in your life I guess when you're a player when you can stop and look
04:09yeah I don't know if I've fully taken it all in I think the the reception that I've had has
04:14been
04:14you know overwhelming and incredible um obviously yeah maybe the speech itself was a moment to thank
04:20a lot of people who have been important uh and an important part of that journey whether it's family
04:25or coaches but um yeah I don't know if any of any of this has sunk in to be honest
04:31with you maybe um
04:33you know in the winter break when I've got a couple weeks off I'll be on the beach somewhere and
04:36um we'll try and reflect on everything that that I've achieved because you know these ones are you
04:42know probably the biggest in my career without a doubt so um yeah whether I I'll be able to do
04:48that
04:49during my career I'm not so sure because I think I'm so focused on just the next thing and the
04:52next
04:52moment um yeah I'll be with my family again tonight on the pitch and celebrate and all these things but
04:58whether yeah I've fully taken everything that I've achieved these last couple weeks I'm not quite sure but
05:04um yeah ultimately it's about the next thing uh it's about Sunday and then it's about club football
05:08again and then yeah hopefully over the Christmas break um yeah I can have a good drink with my wife
05:15and uh and take it all in hi Harry uh congratulations when when you walked out and you saw that
05:20huge banner
05:21on the left um wondering what went through Heather did you know that was coming as well and yeah yeah
05:26I
05:26knew something was coming I weren't sure what it was going to be um yeah I was trying to play
05:31it cool I
05:31was trying to like not smile too much or not uh give away too much emotion obviously I was trying
05:36to stay focused on on the job and making sure my four four kids were walking out properly and not
05:41getting left behind so um but yeah what an incredible uh TFO it was so um yeah all I can
05:47say is thank you
05:47to the fans thank you to the FA and everyone who who organized that I think it um yeah it
05:53is important
05:54to to recognize you know all of our our great our great players and maybe it's something we haven't done
05:59so
05:59well over the years uh with some of the other greats so um yeah to have that is obviously a
06:05really special moment and and just as you were preparing to break the record tonight have you
06:09received any messages which have kind of stopped you in your tracks thought wow this is pretty special
06:14um well before the game I've not really before the game to be honest uh I haven't looked at my
06:20phone
06:20yet so um I'm sure there'll be a lot of similar people to who thank me uh who congratulated me
06:25for the for
06:26the Ballon d'Or and um um yeah a lot of close friends and close family I think with that
06:31itself
06:32there's a lot of people who kind of players I've played against who you know I don't really know
06:36but they got in touch or uh coaches that I haven't played under but got in touch so um yeah
06:42from that
06:42sense I think the whole a lot of the footballing world was extremely happy and um I'm sure a lot
06:47of
06:47the messages will be similar tonight two more to go there hi harry congratulations um could I just
06:52ask you about your pass in the build up to the first goal um could you just talk us through
06:57that
06:57and when you we've seen you do that so many times before is that kind of an instinctive thing or
07:01how do you see those passes when you're sort of picking it over yeah I think it's an area of
07:06the
07:06pitch I like to to play in that kind of left pocket um and I think you know the the
07:11more I play with
07:11the guys the more relationship I build up with Jude and Morgan and Trent and whoever's playing uh they
07:16know that when I'm in that position I'm probably going to play that type of ball so you see the
07:20way they make the
07:21the runs um and then yeah it's just a you know passing is a big strength of mine you know
07:26something
07:26that I practiced a lot when I was young and still do now and you've seen over you know recent
07:31years
07:31especially that it's been a big weapon so um yeah I think it just depends on you know the game
07:37the
07:37game state in that situation I saw that there was a bit of space and um yeah I always feel
07:42like I can
07:42execute and you know the pass itself is important because it's you know playing it in front of the
07:47player sometimes it's easy to play them behind or not get it quite right so uh I'm always trying
07:52to play uh the ball was in the best place for it to be the most effective pass and and
07:56in the end it
07:57was uh it was tonight okay last question here in the middle bench thank you um evening harry
08:04congratulations on the goal I wanted to ask um what version of yourself would you like to play with
08:09the most would it be coming through the ranks at like Millwall Norwich and struggling with those loans
08:13or would it be your masked version or when you were in full flow getting all those goals
08:19that I'd want to play with yeah oh good question um yeah maybe the the early version um when
08:29Mauricio Pochettino was uh was at Spurs uh the mask version uh was maybe a little bit faster then a
08:35little bit sharper running in behind so if I was dropping deep now I'd try and find myself and
08:39with the crosses etc so um yeah what a great question it'd probably be that era of my my career
08:46thanks everyone blend it there cheers thank you
