Harry Kane hasn’t ‘shown enough’ of one goal-getting skill – with former team-mate ‘slightly surprised’ by success of record-breaking Bayern Munich & England striker

Harry Kane’s success has “slightly surprised” one former team-mate, with there an area of his game that he has not “shown enough” of.

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• Record goal-scorer for Spurs & England
• Maintaining remarkable standards at Bayern
• Has worked hard to maximise his talent

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The England international has become a record-breaking goal-scorer for club and country, with all-time records held at Tottenham and with the Three Lions. Kane is now chasing down elusive major silverware at Bayern Munich, with remarkable individual standards being maintained.

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  WHAT TROOST-EKONG SAID

  William Troost-Ekong once worked with Kane in Spurs’ academy system and believes the 31-year-old could have even more goals to his name if he was trusted with greater responsibility on set-pieces. Troost-Ekong told : “He had a great work rate, he was someone who was also very passionate about working on his finishing. Free kicks, I don't think he's shown enough of that but he was a fantastic free-kick taker.

  “At that time we had one of the best academy coaches, John McDermott, who was the head of the academy, I think now he's the technical director at the FA. Alex Singleford was our under-18s manager, Chris Ramsay was the under-16s manager. So everything was in place for him [Kane] to learn a lot. He [Kane] just took his opportunity with both hands. I played against him once or twice, once for Nigeria against England at Wembley, it was amazing and once with Watford against Spurs.”

• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Kane has gone on to become a modern-day legend, with the fearsome frontman able to maximise his talent. Troost-Ekong added on seeing a humble character scale such heights: “I'm slightly surprised [at his career], but I know how hard he worked for it.”

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  WHAT NEXT FOR KANE?

  Kane hit 280 goals for Spurs, including 213 in the Premier League, and is up to 69 for England – with there a chance that he could reach three figures there. He has also registered 64 efforts through as many appearances for Bayern, with his 20-goal haul this season including four hat-tricks.