Jurgen Klinsmann has describd Harry Kane as “exceptional” and is confident that he can fulful his trophy ambitions at Tottenham.
Kane admitted in an Instagram Live interview with Jamie Redknapp in March that he won’t stay with his boyhood club “for the sake of it”, if we aren’t in a position to challenge for major silverware – quotes via ESPN.
Speaking to talkSPORT, Spurs legend Klinsmann believes that we have a manager and squad in place to help Harry achieve his goals here.
“He can achieve anything he puts his mind to,” the German told talkSPORT 2. “He’s so, so talented, exceptional and he’s now into a stage of his career where he is far more mature. He’s not the young lad anymore, even if you think of him as a young player.
“Watching him from a distance, you wish him now titles. When you play a professional career, and you get the opportunity to play in a top-five team in any country in the world, then it’s about winning titles.
“And so, I keep all my fingers crossed for Spurs and for him that he can collect trophies – that’s what it is all about at the end of the day.
“That’s why I left in ’95. Even though I loved it at White Hart Lane, I had to leave for Bayern Munich because I said, ‘well I’m running out of time. I’m 31 years old and I need to win a couple more trophies’.
“But he has that chance with Spurs, he has a fantastic coach, he has a fantastic team and we all keep our fingers crossed that it happens sooner rather than later.”
Every Spurs player, past and present, are being quizzed on Kane’s future right now. On Tuesday it was Teddy Sheringham, who advised the striker on Sky Sports that he only has one career and needs to make the most of it.
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Sheringham didn’t leave Spurs until he was 31 and still won every major trophy out there, and Klinsmann is another who collected lots of honours after his 30th birthday. Kane is only 26; he still has time on his hands. The urgency that some people are so desperate to push just doesn’t exist.