Tottenham could have another Wayne Rooney on their hands in a few years’ time – Our View

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There’s no doubting that Harry Kane is one of the best number nines in the world right now.

Indeed, Kane is a two-time Premier League Golden Boot winner, a World Cup Golden Boot winner and genuinely one of the most lethal hitmen on the planet.

However, this season it seems as though he’s added another element to his game.

Alongside being one of the best finishers on the planet, Kane is now one of the greatest creators in the game, topping the Premier League assist chart this term, dropping deeper and spraying some of the best passes you’re likely to see.

This has led to a few tongue-in-cheek suggestions from the likes of Peter Crouch and Micah Richards about Kane playing in the midfield, and while that doesn’t look like a wise move at the moment, in a few years’ time, that’s something Spurs may want to consider.

Let’s not skirt around the fact that Kane isn’t going to be around forever. He turns 28 soon, and the fresh-faced youngster Spurs fans fell in love with back in 2014 is quickly becoming a grizzled veteran.

Father time is undefeated, and while Kane has never been overly-reliant on his pace, as he ages, he will begin to lose a yard or two, and that may affect his ability to score goals in the number nine role.

However, as a playmaking midfielder, pace isn’t something that’s relied upon as much, and Kane has shown this term that he’s able to play deeper and he’s as good a passer of the ball as anyone.

We’ve see this happen before to great effect. Wayne Rooney dropped into the midfield during the final years of his career and he still had the ability to be a gamechanger.

Now, we’re not saying that Jose Mourinho should make this change next week, Kane is being utilised perfectly right now, and any manager in the world would be a fool to change that.

But in a few years’ time, Kane’s powers are bound to begin to wane, and this is a potential solution to prolonging his career at the top level, and with Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League scoring record looking achievable, that’s surely something Kane will want to do.

Factor in that the likes of Troy Parrott and Dane Scarlett will hopefully be breathing down his neck in the future, and this drop into midfield when he’s in his 30s makes even more sense.

Kane certainly has the ability to follow in Rooney’s footsteps and become a midfielder in his later years.