FA Twitter account mocks Harry Kane by suggesting Chris Smalling had Tottenham star ‘in his pocket’

HARRY KANE may not be so pleased with a Football Association tweet sent out after the Tottenham’s FA Cup 2-1 semi-final loss to Manchester United.

For the England striker, 24, was mocked by the game’s governing body after failing to rid himself of United defender Chris Smalling’s iron grip.

Incredibly, the FA official Twitter account posted: “What’s in your pocket, Chris” and a video of Smalling saying “Harry Kane”.

The message has been retweeted more than 40,000 times and provoked a huge response.

Much of that was aimed at Tottenham and Kane, who has recently returned from an ankle injury.

It is only two months to the World Cup in Russia when Kane could captain his country.

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Kane has really come under the cosh on social media lately.

Not only have his goals dried up – relatively speaking, of course, with two in his last eight games – but he attracted ridicule over the goal he claimed from Christian Eriksen at Stoke City.

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His Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino revealed Kane was hurt by some of the criticism and this latest tweet is unlikely to improve his mood.

The tweet has hardly done England boss Gareth Southgate any favours, either.