Will Keane and Harry Kane used to be team-mates for England Under-19s - but this week the former strike partners are on very different paths.

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 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 game 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.