Jonathan Woodgate has admitted on BBC Sport that he did not expect Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane to have the career that he has had.
The BBC Sport pundit was at Tottenham with Kane, and he cannot believe just how much the striker has developed over the past several years.
The former Tottenham and Real Madrid central defender has said that Kane’s goalscoring record is incredible, and believes that he could end up as the all-time top scorer in the Premier League, beating Alan Shearer’s record in the process.
Praise for Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane
Woodgate said on BBC Sport: “I remember when Harry Kane trained with us when we were at Spurs and he was a young kid coming through. I didn’t see him having this kind of career.
“It just shows at 18/19 that you’re not the finished article. Look at Harry Kane now, he’s still banging in the goals. He’s slightly adjusted how he plays the game, drops deeper, links it up.
“But it’s incredible to be beating the likes of Alan Shearer for the most away goals – it’s phenomenal. Will he beat his record? He’s got every chance of being the all-time top scorer in the Premier League. It will be some achievement if that happens.”
Superstar
In our opinion, Kane is a world-class striker who is a superstar at Tottenham.
We think that the 28-year-old could become the top scorer of all time in the Premier League.
The Tottenham no. 10 has scored 178 goals in 273 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career.
And Kane is still only 28.
Assuming Kane stays at the top of his game for the next four or five years, he would easily surpass Shearer’s Premier League record.
That would be incredible.
As Woodgate notes, Kane did not really impress much when he was a teenager.
However, Kane took his chance when he got it at Tottenham and has developed his game year on year.
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