HARRY KANE is overlooked in debates regarding the world’s top-five players ‘because he’s English’, Troy Deeney claims.
And the Watford striker, who recently joined SunSport as our latest hard-hitting columnist, also believes that the ‘ridiculous’ Tottenham striker has to be considered as ‘world-class’.
Harry Kane has started the season on fire for SpursCredit: PA:Press Association
SunSport’s Troy Deeney feels that Harry Kane is ‘world-class’Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Deeney, 32, has also signed up to talkSPORT to deliver his hot football takes to the nation.
And it was on the radio station that he expressed his frustration with how Kane, 27, is still underrated.
He said: “That world class debate is interesting because unless your name is foreign, you don’t ever get put in that category as world class.
“People go: ‘Lewandowski, Benzema’ – they always put people above him. His goal record is ridiculous.”
Former Spurs striker Darren Bent agreed with Deeney, adding: “I would put Harry Kane in that world-class centre forward bracket.”
Deeney then interjected: “But he’s not in your top five.
“He’s not in your top five players. If someone said: ‘[Who are] your top five world class players,’ people don’t naturally go for Harry Kane.”
Bent, 36, responded: “I think as a centre forward, I would put him in there. [Top five] players? No.”
Watford ace Deeney, who was linked with Spurs in the summer, then added: “He’s world class.
Darren Bent is a big fan of Kane… but doesn’t think he’s one of the world’s top-five playersCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
“He’s ridiculous. His goal tally is a joke. If you see now, the passing that he is adding and the assists.
“There was one where he hit the post against West Ham.
“It got pulled back to him and he’s coming onto it first time with the left foot and he’s just slapped the post.
“You are like: ‘Wow.’ That just shows the level of what this guy can do.”
England skipper Kane has started the campaign in extraordinary form, scoring ten goals and assisting a further eight in his opening nine outings.
And he even added yet another record to his collection, by scoring five goals and making seven assists in the first five games of the Premier League season.
This cracked Arsenal hero Thierry Henry’s tally of most goal contributions in the opening five games of a PL campaign.
Troy Deeney joins The Sun as our new hard-hitting columnist with Watford star to give you the inside track in football
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
