A HILARIOUS review of “average” Harry Kane from a decade ago compared the Tottenham hero to Steven Fletcher.
But Kane’s having the last laugh now after becoming Spurs’ all-time leading scorer at the weekend.
The England captain, 29, smashed in his 267th goal in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Manchester City.
The strike took Kane past legendary figure Jimmy Greaves, whose previous record had stood since 1970.
But in 2013 the hitman was only being tipped for a run-of-the-mill Premier League career.
A piece from SB Nation ranked Kane, then 20 years old, as Spurs’ seventh-best prospect at the time.
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The ace had just returned from a below-par loan at Leicester City which yielded just two goals in 15 games.
And earlier in the same season, Kane failed to score once in five appearances for Norwich.
The review described him as “average” in terms of his speed and strength, and just “decent” at finishing.
The piece went on to say Kane is “not going to get any minutes in the Premier League”, instead tipping him for another loan to Cardiff or Hull.
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It concluded by saying Kane was only likely to become a “capable Premier League striker who can score 12-15 goals for a mid-table team.”
And Kane was even compared to ex-Scotland international Fletcher, who had banged in 11 goals for Sunderland that season.
However, the piece ended by saying under the right conditions, Kane could develop into a new Dimitar Berbatov or Francesco Totti.
And it was in the following 2013/14 season that Kane started to get a foothold as a Spurs first-teamer, scoring four times in 19 games that term.
But it was the campaign after that things really took off, with Kane finishing on an incredible 31 goals in all competitions.
He hasn’t looked back since, going on to become a key man for club and country.
And with time still on his side, Kane is sure to end up cementing his place in the history books further.
As for Fletcher, the 35-year-old is still playing on the books of Dundee United.
He has an impressive record of 170 goals in 659 games, with his career taking him from Wolves and Sheffield Wednesday to French side Marseille.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
