is Kane’s signing for United: not
Manchester United, who
have long been rumoured
to be considering a record-
breaking bid for the striker,
but Boss Bottled United,
the sporty new fragrance from
Hugo Boss, for which Kane
is a brand ambassador. Fielding
questions while he changes
looks between set-ups, he gamely
plays conversational one-twos
wearing nothing more than a
spray of eau de toilette and his
underwear. “It breaks the ice,” he
says, shrugging.
By most measures, Kane
is now one of the world’s best
players. In 52 games for Spurs
and England last year, he scored
56 goals: more than Ronaldo,
Messi, or any other player in
Europe’s top ive leagues, with a
superior goals-per-game ratio to
boot. But while the stats – and an
increasing number of admiring
pundits and supporters – argue
that he is an equal of those kings
of Spain, Kane is cautious not to
anoint himself too quickly.
“I think what they’ve done
over the past 10 years has beenincredible, and they’ll go down
as two of the best players ever,”
he says. “That’s where I want to
get to. I’m on the right track – I’ve
just got to keep doing what I’m
doing and hopefully, one day, I’ll
be up there with the greats.”GOLDEN TOUCH
Kane is certainly on the right
track, and he’s moving fast. The
2016-17 season, in which he
collected his second consecutive
Golden Boot as the Premier
League’s top scorer, was only his
second full campaign as Spurs’Madrid legend
Zinedine Zidane
describes Kane
as “a complete
player”.irst-choice
striker. This
year he inished
the Premier League
season with 30 goals in
the league, more than he
managed in the previous two
when he scored 25 and
29 respectively.
Not bad for a “one-season
wonder”, as Kane was called
in the newspaper sports pages
after his breakthrough year of
2014-15 – a campaign that he
inished with 31 goals, despite a
late start. Such criticisms sound
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