an online video, posted
tember 2016, of Harry
eacting to his rating on
mputer game FIFA 17. For
initiated, the digitised
llers are given marks out
n six categories – pace,
ng, passing, dribbling,
ing and “physical” –
on their real-life qualities.
e also awarded an
l rating.
the video, the Tottenham
ur and England striker
teeth when he sees
stats. He’s not happy.“I think shooting’s deinitely
got to be in the 90s,” he says,
quibbling with his score of 84. He
insists that his passing is “better
than 71”. In the end, however, he
grudgingly concedes – though
only when prompted by his
interviewer – that his overall
rating of 84 is “half-decent”.
More recently, in January,
the FIFA Team of the Year was
unveiled, voted for by a panel
of footballers, journalists and
gamers, with stats updated to
relect the performances of the
players in 2017. Leading the linein the 4-3-3, lanked
by Cristiano Ronaldo (99) and
Lionel Messi (98), is Harry Kane
(96). His shooting had been
upgraded to the maximum 99
and his passing to 93.
“That’s closer to the mark,”
says Kane, laughing, in the
dressing room of the north
London photo studio where he is
meeting Men’s Health. “There’s
always room for improvement,
of course. I’ll just have to keep
scoring the goals and they’ll have
to keep rating me higher.”
The occasion for today’s shootKane’s Premier League goal
haul in 2017,which broke
Alan Shearer’scalendar-year
record of 36, set in 1995
- when seasons were 42
games long and not 38
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