Harry Kane says he has got “plenty of goals to come” after moving ahead of Jimmy Greaves to become Tottenham Hotspur’s all-time top scorer. The England captain scored his 267th goal for Spurs in the 1-0 defeat of Manchester City.
The defeat has helped Arsenal the current league leaders to maintain their five points lead at the top of the league table despite losing to Everton and Sean Mark Dyche who just returned to EPL management. The owners of Everton sacked Frank Lampard who was leading the club to relegation.
With that defeat by Everton, Dyche’s first game may have jumpstarted the fight for Everton to remain in the league and avoid relegation, which was starring them in the face during the reign of Frank Lampard.
Kane, 29, now wants to surpass Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League record of 260 goals. “Alan has set the record to beat. I’ll see if I can beat it,” said Kane, who is on 200 Premier League goals.
“I’m sure he’ll (Shearer) be watching but I’m not sure if he’ll be happy or not! I’ve got plenty of goals to come, I’m feeling good.”
Glenn Murray, a former Premier League striker with Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, and Brighton, told BBC Radio 5 Live: “Strikers are greedy, he’ll want more. The man in his sights will be a Mr Alan Shearer, I imagine.”
Greaves, who started his career at Chelsea, scored 266 goals in 379 games for Spurs between 1961 and 1970. Kane made his Spurs debut in 2011 and has played 416 times for the club. Kane’s finish in Sunday’s game against City was typically well taken, fired in low after he had been set up by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the box.
“When you look at the names who have been here, to overtake Jimmy Greaves – one of the greatest to play the game – I’m extremely grateful,” Kane told BBC Match of the Day. Kane is the third-highest scorer since the Premier League was formed in 1992 – after Shearer and Wayne Rooney, who scored 208 times. He has scored 17 league goals this season and 19 in total for Spurs – 11 more than the club’s next highest scorer, Son Heung-min. Kane is also just one goal away from becoming the leading all-time goalscorer for England. He is tied on 53 with Rooney.
