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Pundit makes lazy Harry Kane claim calling him a bit of a problem

By Bruce Grove -

Gary Neville has revealed how problematic having Harry Kane as their main striker has been for Tottenham.

Kane is one of the best strikers in the world and the England captain would only miss a game for Spurs if he is suspended or injured.

However, the club has suffered when he hasn’t played for them and that repeated itself earlier this year when an injury layoff for the England captain led to a poor run of form for the team.

They currently have no backup to the striker and always have to play some other player out of position whenever Kane is unavailable.

Neville admits that the Englishman is hugely important to Jose Mourinho’s side, but he claims that having the striker is also a bit of a problem as they try to get a good backup option to him.

According to him, this is because any striker that the club tries to sign knows that they would probably spend most of their time on the bench waiting for when Kane would be unavailable to play.

“In fact, Kane is a massive positive for Tottenham, but he’s a bit of a problem in the sense that they probably can’t get another centre-forward to go to the club knowing they’ll be on the bench,” Neville said on Sky Sports.

“What is does mean is that when Harry’s gone there’s a big loss – and him and Son are hugely important.”

This is just lazy opinion-making from Neville, he has no idea what sort of formation Jose Mourinho would utilise if another striker was brought on board.

There are a ton of clubs out there that employ more than one striker up front and the idea that any striker would find it difficult to sign for the club because of the fear of being on the bench is simply unfounded.

You can take it to the bank that any player Mourinho signs will be signed for a specific reason and it will not be as a bench warmer, not unless he was specifically told that.

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Eddie
Eddie
3 years ago
Reply to  ministers cat

Ings won’t come to us to sit on the bench.I still think a young prospect probably from thr Championship who could learn from Harry as he improves with us.Cup games and lower level Euro [unlikely] opposition will give him games to show what he can do.Unfortunately he will cost,unlike an aging journeyman on a free.

ministers cat
ministers cat
3 years ago

I make him right. Mourinho at ManU called Spurs “the Harry Kane team” and I’m sure I read some agent talking about his player not wanting to sit waiting for Kane to be injured. Just leaves the old journeyman slot free for a Llorente/Ings type player.

Eleventstonedidiots
Eleventstonedidiots
3 years ago

I do rate Neville as a pundit but sometimes he sounds like hes just shooting the breeze. Spurs will be fighting on 4 fronts and there will be plenty of games for a 2nd striker. Some games they may even play together. Kane is so self motivated he doesnt need competition, he needs a bloody rest every now and again – he was flogged during the Poch regime. He’s become injury prone and needs to be protected. Man U had 4 top class strikers in their pomp and at one time Berba, Keane, Defo and Mido were all coexisting at Spurs. A 2nd atriker doesnt have to be some journey man or an unproven no mark from the Turkish league.

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