HARRY'S AD'ORED

Win World Cup and 500-goal Kane has chance to be crowned best on planet

- BY ANDY DUNN

AHEAD of what turned out to be a fairly memorable Scotland-England match at Hampden in the summer of 2017, Harry Kane sat down with a few of us to discuss his excellent season.

He had scored 29 Premier League goals for Tottenham in the season, following on from the 25 he had scored in the 2015/16 campaign.

Those numbers had given him back-to-back Golden Boots but the 24-year-old had his sights set on higher individual honours.

"It's definitely something I aspire to," he said. "Who wouldn't want to win that big gold trophy?"

Kane was referring to the Ballon d'Or and his ambition was admired by his audience but, it is fair to say, not accepted as overly realistic.

He had scored 20-plus goals in three consecutive seasons and had won over sceptics who doubted he could be a major Premier League force.