Micah Richards says ‘I don’t know how Harry Kane sleeps at night’ in passionate rant on Sky Sports
MICAH RICHARDS says he “doesn’t know how Harry Kane sleeps at night” in a passionate rant on Sky Sports.
The striker overtook Wayne Rooney to become the second-highest Premier League goalscorer on Saturday.
Tottenham’s all-time top scorer, 29, headed in to earn a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday.
That was his 209th strike in the Premier League, moving him one clear of Rooney on 208.
But Kane has done it in just 317 appearances - whereas Rooney played 491 times in England's top flight.
And the current Three Lions captain, who is also our country’s all-time top scorer, is now just 51 goals behind Alan Shearer's all-time record of 260 goals.
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Manchester United have made the star one of their top summer transfer targets as Kane’s future remains in the spotlight.
It has been another year of disappointment for him at club level and he is still yet to win a trophy during his incredible career.
He only has a year left on his contract at Spurs as speculation continues to mount, but ex-Manchester City ace Richards believes it would be a tragedy if he ended his career without silverware.
During a passionate rant on Sky Sports, he said: “Harry Kane has remained focused on what he’s needed to do and he does what he does best and is scoring goals.
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“But there’s going to be a time, especially in the summer, when he is going to have to make a decision.
"Who is the manager going to be and what are their plans going forward because a player with so much quality to have not won anything, I just don’t know how he sleeps at night.
“He’s an unbelievable talent and he’s got nothing to show for it apart from just the goals.
“Some people would just take the goals, he’s a Spurs legend already and what he has done has been absolutely incredible.
“But, at the end of your career, you want a trophy.”