England star Danny Rose says he will turn to Tottenham team-mate Harry Kane if he is racially abused again

DANNY ROSE ‘dreads to think’ how he would react if he is racially abused on the pitch again – but hopes he would consult with his captain rather than lose his head.

The Tottenham full-back bore the brunt of vile monkey chants from Montenegro fans during England’s 5-1 victory in Podgorica in March – which earned their FA a one-match stadium closure and a paltry fine of around £18,000.

Rose admits he can be ‘hot-headed’ and was booked for a heavy challenge late in that match, when the appalling racial abuse from the stands had become loud and clear.

England boss Gareth Southgate has revealed that his squad have decided they should NOT walk off the pitch if players are targeted with racist chanting.

And Spurs star Rose says Three Lions skipper Harry Kane will be asked to take a lead and deal with the referee if there is any repeat.

Rose said: “If it happened again I’d go to Harry as captain, that would be my first port of call.

“Honestly I know how I am as a person, and I dread to think … if I was having a bad game or we were losing, I honestly don’t know what I’d do.

“I am a bit hot-headed at times but I know the safest thing to do is to go to my captain and leave it in his hands.

“These discussions started before the World Cup as we didn’t know if it would be an issue there.

“We discussed walking off but never agreed on that as a squad.

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“My personal view is that I don’t think that is the right course of action to take because once you walk off, then what happens? Do you have to play the match again? There are so many questions.

“When it happened in Montenegro I saw some stuff saying that the manager should have been responsible for us walking off the pitch but I don’t think that’s the case at all.

“I couldn’t have asked the gaffer to do anything more. I don’t think walking off the pitch is the answer.”

Rose believes his England team-mate Raheem Sterling has mobilised the media to help tackle racism.

In an interview with talkSPORT, he said: “Raheem has had a lot of unfair criticism in the past and I can’t speak highly enough of how he’s changed opinions of him.

“Now there is a wave, a bit of momentum. It’s going to be a long process but hopefully this can be the start of something, with the media and fellow black players, that we can eventually eradicate this problem (of racism) in football.”

As Rose prepares for the Champions League Final against Liverpool in two weeks’ time, he has praised boss Mauricio Pochettino and urged the Spurs board to listen to Argentinian’s plea for greater squad funding.

Rose said: “They should listen to the manager. He said he needs to know what the next chapter of the club is and I fully agree.

“I think it’s safe to say that not many people could operate in the circumstances in which he’s done – especially this season, with no home stadium, when we’ve not signed anybody.

“It’s safe to say Tottenham are part of the Big Six in the Premier League, and that we have a different way of working in terms of what we spend.

“I think there’s not many managers who can do what he’s done – to qualify for the Champions League four years in a row, while bringing young players through.

“Now I think we definitely have to listen to what he thinks and what he wants and hopefully we can give him he what he wants.

“He’s very likeable, very approachable. He promised he’d make me an England player and he did that. He deserves all the accolades he gets.”

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