Is Harry Kane the man to break Alan Shearer’s Premier League record?
In public Harry Kane hasn’t shied away from his ambition to one day break Shearer’s record, I guess in this context, taking each game as it comes is out of the window. As each week goes, it is looking more and more likely that he will certainly come close if not break the record. Due to Kane’s terrific form in September even Shearer has expressed his anxiety through columns regarding his record stating ‘Harry Kane has all the tools to top my Premier League goal scoring record’. Surely if anybody can do it, Harry can. Advantageous head start One thing that is certainly on Kane’s side, is the head start he currently occupies. At the age of 24, Harry already has an outstanding 84 Premier League goals whereas if you were to compare that to Shearer’s total at 24 then Kane is on top as Shearer at the same age had 47. Let’s not forget though that the early stages of Shearer’s career, whilst at Southampton, the Premier League hadn’t been created yet. Up to this point, the d...