Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane scored his 100th Premier League goal on Sunday.
Everton ace Wayne Rooney has told Sky Sports that Tottenham Hotspur will face a problem when Harry Kane’s motivation switches from goals to trophies.
Tottenham picked up a dramatic 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Sunday evening, with Kane scoring from the penalty spot to hand Spurs a share of the spoils in added time.
That was Kane’s 31st goal in 32 games in all competitions this season, his 22nd in just 25 league games this term and – most importantly – his 100th Premier League goal.
The 24-year-old hitman has now joined the exclusive ‘100 club’, and having reached the milestone in just 141 games, only Alan Shearer managed it quicker, in 124 appearances.
Kane’s list of accolades is bordering on the ridiculous, but he has still yet to win a trophy in his career, and that has resulted in many believing that he will eventually leave Spurs in search of silverware.
Real Madrid are regularly linked with Kane, and can offer that pathway to trophies, but Kane’s love for Tottenham has seen him stay in recent years, and Mauricio Pochettino will be hoping that continues.
One man who did trade in playing for his boyhood club in order to pursue silverware is Wayne Rooney, who left Everton for Manchester United in 2004, and went on to win five Premier League titles as well as the Champions League.
Rooney – a former England teammate of Kane – has now told Sky Sports that he thinks Tottenham will face a problem when Kane wants trophies rather than just goals, and believes Tottenham must bring in more signings to prove they can challenge for the Premier League title.
“At the moment, he is probably the best striker in Europe,” said Rooney. “He can go where he wants to, he’s that good. He is like a young Alan Shearer. He scores all different types of goals. The problem that Tottenham are going to have is that his motivation is goals, but his motivation is going to change from goals to trophies.”
“And if Tottenham don’t win trophies in the next year, maybe two, he is going to want to move elsewhere to win trophies. That is a decision he is going to have to make in the next year or two, but Tottenham have also got to make a decision – bring more players in and have a real push to win the Premier League,” he added.
Wayne Rooney (R) and Harry Kane (L) of England
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