Keane was Kane's England team-mate - this week they are on different paths

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Harry Kane (facing camera) congratulates Will Keane on scoring one of his two goals in a 5-0 win for England Under-19s against Slovenia. Five days later, Keane injured his knee and didn't play again for 16 months By Simon Stone Chief football news reporter Published 3 hours ago It was one of those sliding doors moments that arise so often in professional sport. At the time, of England's two strikers for the Under-19s European Championship qualifier with Switzerland in May 2012, Will Keane seemed most likely to eventually be preparing for a World Cup semi-final this week, not Harry Kane. "I'd never had any setbacks at that point," says Keane in a fascinating chat with BBC Sport. "When you're young, you're fearless. The whole trajectory of my career was up. I made my senior debut [for Manchester United]. We won the Youth Cup. I was doing well for England. Everything was taking off." Fate turned against Keane. He sustained a major knee injury near the end of the gam and it was 16 months before he played again. In that time, Kane completed loan stints at Norwich and Leicester and broke into the Tottenham team. "It's timing," says Keane. "Some lads go their whole career and have a few niggles, but nothing derails them too much. "That first injury was at a crucial time. I had my foot in the door. The feeling was I would probably have been around the first team. "If the injury had happened a couple of years later, I might have been an established squad player. When I had it, I missed 16 months at a crucial part of the transition from reserves to seniors." Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Will Keane (20) congratulates Jonny Williams (left) on scoring for a PFA team against their French counterparts in Leicester As Kane prepares for Argentina, Keane is spending the early part of this week at Champneys Springs in Leicestershire, one of 45 players taking part in the PFA's 12-week pre-season camp. The initiative, now in its third year, is aimed at providing a competitive environment for out-of-contract players keen to find a new club. At 33, Keane feels he has "a few years" left and has not abandoned hope of adding to his five senior Republic of Ireland caps, having made the reverse move of twin brother Michael by playing his youth football for England but seniors for the country where his dad was born. "A couple of lads I know did the camp last season and spoke really highly," said Keane. "I almost feel like I'm part of a squad, and we're away for pre-season. There are so many staff; medical, coaching, administrative, media. "It's quite competitive and there are seven or eight games, so clubs can see you're playing. There's an app clubs can sign up to. It's like a PFA transfer list - all our training data goes on it. Clubs can contact us directly, so hopefully if you go somewhere, you can go straight in." Keane is feeling quite relaxed about his situation. He was out of contract once before, in 2020, when C