Kane was heavily criticised early in the season after he struggled to find the net, but looks to have got back to his scoring best when he registered a hat-trick against Bournemouth at the weekend. “We have an understanding around the 18-yard box about the movements we are going to make”. He said: “You have to wait for your chances, keep working hard, keep trying to improve and the rewards will hopefully come your way – like they did for me on Sunday”.
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Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is renowned for maximising transfer fees for his star players and is likely to want a similar fee for Kane to the one he demanded for Gareth Bale when Real Madrid came knocking.
Kane’s goals helped Spurs move up to sixth place in the Premier League table and an opening day defeat at Manchester United remains the solitary blotch on the north Londoners’ record book.
Former Tottenham Hotspur favourite Michael Dawson has hailed the “unbelievable” rise of Dele Alli, predicting the midfielder to have a vital role to play for both club and country in the coming years.
“We get on really well off the pitch too”.
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Kane says the teenager has made a positive start to his career at White Hart Lane. It’s now been two games since United scored a goal that wasn’t in a penalty shootout, having drawn the Manchester derby 0-0 and also playing out a goalless game with Middlesborough in midweek before being outfoxed from the spot.
