Something about Tottenham’s Harry Kane you don’t already know
By Gary Pearson
Tottenham’s Harry Kane, when he makes at least 30 appearances in a Premier League season, is guaranteed to score at least 20 goals.
Kane has accomplished the feat in five separate Premier League seasons. His brace on Friday at Goodison took him to 21 on the current campaign.
Hampered by injuries in the two previous campaigns, Kane was unable to hit the 20-goal mark in consecutive seasons for the first time since his rookie and freshman season, when he made just four appearances in his inaugural year followed by 10 in the 2013/14 season.
Last season Kane bagged 18 goals in 29 appearances, while managing 17 goals in 28 matches during the 2018-19 season. Had he played 20 matches, there’s a distinct possibility he would have hit the 20-goal mark in those seasons, too.
If he remains in north London for the next three or four seasons, Kane will assuredly surpass Alan Shearer as the Premier League’s all-time top goalscorer. Three or four seasons, though, feels like a lifetime based on Kane’s current situation.
Even recurring injuries won’t derail Kane from eventually reaching the apex of the all-time Premier League goalscoring chart. The only way Kane won’t reel Shearer in is if, or when, he decides to part ways with Tottenham Hotspur.
What would you do if you were Kane? Would you remain patient and give the club your heart belongs to another season or two before flying the coop? Or would you leave at season’s end, knowing the next two to three years are the most important in your quest to win major team honours, like domestic league titles and the Champions League?
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It will be the hardest decision of Kane’s career, one he’ll spend countless hours dwelling on. Regardless of what the legend decides, he’ll always be known as Tottenham’s most prolific goalscorer, the one you can bank on, if healthy, to score at least 20 goals every season.