Harry Kane continues to break records for Tottenham Hotspur, but there remains a general disagreement as to whether he will be the holder of the greatest achievement for Premier League strikers when he eventually retires.
As is normal when he scores goals, which is most of the time, the discourse around Kane is always positive, with nothing bad to say about the 29-year-old. There is always a two-sided argument as to if he could possibly overtake Alan Shearer and become the league's greatest marksman though.
His winner against Wolves was his 185th league goal, which broke another record in its own right, as Kane surpassed Sergio Aguero to become the player with the most league goals for one club. At the same time he scored his own personal 250th goal for Spurs and also, in fitting style, bagged the 1,000th home goal in Tottenham's league history.
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Kane is now just two behind Andy Cole in the all-time charts, currently sat in fourth, whilst Jimmy Greaves' 266 Spurs goals are also in sight this season as he bids to become the club's leading scorer as well. The records do keep coming for Kane and there's no letting up.
Ahead of him for the league record is Cole (187), Wayne Rooney (208) and Shearer way out in-front with 260. It's a hot topic of debate, and there were more contrasting opinions after the match as to if Kane could get there.
Joleon Lescott was pessimistic, saying, "I think he’ll (Alan Shearer) will be safe. I think it’s a long way to go, he’s [Kane] got to average 20 goals for the next four seasons including this one. I’m not saying he won’t, I’ll be surprised, it’ll surprise me more if he did do it because I don’t see him leaving.
"I don’t see Harry Kane leaving Spurs, at the end of his career is he going to pick up 10-15 goals, I’m not so sure."
Kane currently needs 75 goals more to equal the record. In full seasons he averages just over 22 goals per campaign, so if he keeps up that pace then he could break the record in the next four years, by which time he would be 33. The positive thing for Kane is that Shearer managed to score 107 goals after turning 29, as Kane did last month, and that was with three of his lowest four goalscoring seasons, though the Newcastle striker did play until he was 34.
With this in mind, former Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole believes that the record is well in sight, saying, "I think he’ll get Alan’s record, I really do. We’ve got a great vantage point, he seized movements, instinctual movements, he scores lots of goals. Wonderful player, we’re lucky to have him in this country and this club almost lost him last year but he looks a lot more settled. Kulusevski coming in helps him, Son, Richarlison, he’s got pace around him. I think he’ll get there."
Kane currently averages 0.70 goals per game in the league whereas Shearer only managed 0.61 come the end of his career. With his current form, having started the season with two goals in three matches, and a manager that gets the best out of him, Kane looks set to truly challenge Shearer and even if he was to suffer some injury setbacks, given his record of knocks, there is still more than enough time for Kane to overtake Shearer and even approach the 300-goal mark.
The 41 assists for Tottenham is already more than Shearer managed for Newcastle in the league, as is his total goals for one club, though Shearer also managed 112 at Blackburn. In the current crop of Premier League players two - Jamie Vardy (133) and Mohammed Salah (121) - have entered the 100 club but neither of them have as good a chance of breaking Shearer's record, with Kane the most likely player to do it since the Newcastle legend retired in 2006.
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