From Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – For the final time (hopefully ever), Spurs graced their house floor with out an viewers supporting them on Sunday.
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Their sport with Wolves got here simply over 24 hours after followers protested in opposition to ENIC’s possession and Daniel Levy’s lead off the bottom.
The primary announcement of the membership’s intention to be part of the European Tremendous League was the final straw for some corners of the fan base. Since then, Tottenham’s late press for a top-four end has collapsed they usually have misplaced one other cup ultimate. Understandably, the tensions have been excessive.
Harry Kane’s unsure future additionally casts a relatively giant shadow over this a part of north London. The chance that he can go away and the objectives that he nonetheless continues to do at a silly tempo are the worst and greatest issues in Spurs short-term future.
It is sensible that the membership’s second highest scorer of all time, one in every of their high three gamers ever (he, Glenn Hoddle and Jimmy Greaves within the pantheon in any order) has a lot energy. In an age the place followers demand a spot on the board – they usually have received their want – it’s becoming that one in every of their very own has had a lot to say on this time of Tottenham Hotspur.
If Kane was simply one other world-class participant, a possible deviation would possibly not appear to be all-and-end-all. However his affiliation with the membership separates him and he’s the final thing Spurs followers are tribalistic about (consider me, I have been there too).
Kane led Spurs to victory on Sunday | Shaun Botterill / Getty Pictures
Kane’s strike in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Wolves – the place he stored up Conor Coady’s progress and rounded up Rui Patricio simply to present himself a greater angle to shoot – took him to 22 Premier League objectives of the season, main the race alone for Golden Boot once more.
That is Kane’s highest return because the 2017/18 season when he reached the 30-goal mark, as he was extensively thought-about the most effective striker on this planet. After two seasons battling varied knee and muscle accidents, the England captain has reached his second peak. A 3rd Premier League Golden Boot would tie him with Alan Shearer with the second most in historical past and go away him one after Thierry Henry – that is the corporate Kane holds.
Whereas the factors race will not be over but (Mohamed Salah stays a objective behind and you wouldn’t wager in opposition to Bruno Fernandes or Son Heung-min can be utterly ballistic in the following seven days), Kane’s consistency throughout the season has pushed him to this 12 months’s participant debates and he has been a continuing shining gentle in a combined marketing campaign for Spurs.
Kane’s final Premier League Golden Boot got here 2016/17 | Laurence Griffiths / Getty Pictures
Kane can be on target to grow to be the primary participant in Premier League historical past to high each goalscoring and aiding tables throughout the identical season, proving the additional staff of selflessness he added to his sport. It was once the odd ping each sport, however now he actually is the entire striker.
Leicester’s FA Cup victory on Saturday led to questions on the success of Spurs and Kane (you already know, the brigade “what have they received”). Come at the top of the season when Tottenham’s marketing campaign ends at King Energy Stadium, the Golden Boot, the Playmaker of the Season award and the varied awards for Participant of the Yr would be the solely factor added to the striker’s locker, nevertheless it’s nonetheless one thing for Spurs followers to be happy with over.
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