Tottenham legend returns to his outdated stomping floor to ‘encourage the subsequent technology’

Harry Kane has returned to North London to “encourage the subsequent technology.” Picture by Julian Finney/Getty Photographs

Former Tottenham Hotspur legend, Harry Kane, returned to North London on Monday to see his statue lastly unveiled at The Peter Might Centre.

Kane had added one other aim to his England tally throughout the Three Lions 5-0 win over Eire at Wembley on Sunday, and while again in Blighty, the chance to convey the bronze out of storage offered itself.

As BBC Sport famous, the statue had been commissioned again a couple of years in the past at a price of £7,200, however had remained in storage since completion because the native council hadn’t agreed on to the place to put it.

Harry Kane sees statue unveiled in North London

The Peter Might Centre is in Walthamstow, only a stone’s throw from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Kane’s first-ever membership, Ridgeway Rovers.

Although The Solar had been one among quite a lot of shops to ridicule the statue, Kane appeared delighted, telling reporters: “It’s fairly humbling to see it right here now figuring out there’s going to be a great deal of youngsters strolling previous.”

He additionally took to his X account to acknowledge the revealing.

An actual proud second for me to return to the place my life in soccer started and unveil a statue. I hope it helps encourage the subsequent technology to work exhausting and imagine in themselves. ?? pic.twitter.com/rbAs8RrZgS

— Harry Kane (@HKane) November 18, 2024

‘An actual proud second for me to return to the place my life in soccer started and unveil a statue. I hope it helps encourage the subsequent technology to work exhausting and imagine in themselves,’ he wrote.

Having gone out on mortgage to Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich Metropolis and Leicester Metropolis earlier than making it massive with the Lilywhites, Kane’s story is one among perseverance and exhausting work.

On the age of simply 31, he’s Tottenham and England’s biggest ever aim scorer, and has a sensational file at Bayern Munich.

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A few of his current information had been detailed by BBC Sport after the Bavarians dismantled Dinamo Zagreb earlier on this season’s Champions League:

Prime English scorer in Champions League or European Cup historical past with 33 targets in 45 video games, passing Wayne Rooney’s outdated mark of 30

First English participant to attain 4 targets in a Champions League sport

First English participant to attain a hat-trick or extra for a non-English group within the Champions League

First participant to attain a hat-trick of penalties in a Champions League or European Cup match

Scored his fiftieth, 51st, 52nd and 53rd Bayern Munich targets – in his fiftieth look for the membership

Netted the twenty fourth hat-trick of his profession, the fifth time he has scored back-to-back trebles (or quadruples)

Scored his ninth targets in 5 video games this season for Bayern – in addition to two in two for England