- Aug 13, 2011
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I feel too jaded to even look into the Kane thread these days. Same story, oil money superclub lures homegrown talent, convinces him to act like a malcontent to leave, etc. etc. we've all heard and seen the story before. I've watched Spurs for 20 years, and Luka, Berbatov, and Bale have all done this to us.
It's not unique, the established world-class player angling for a big-money move to a hegemon. That's simply modern football (a game with which myself and many others are rapidly falling out of love), and ever since the Super League news I have almost given up on anything approaching the feelings I had growing up.
What is unique is the idea of a kid from Walthamstow and later Chingford, a local kid, joining our academy before he turned 10 and seeing him grow to be arguably the finest striker in the entire world. A kid who is well and truly, beyond doubt, one of our own. He struggled through loan spells, criticism, weight gain and loss, and at age 22 most barely thought him relevant in a pre-season match let alone a Premier League squad.
So forget the now, forget the corporatist, greedy dredging of anything unique or special from our club. Tell me about the time you realized we had someone special on our hands.
When did you know Kane was going to be special?
It's not unique, the established world-class player angling for a big-money move to a hegemon. That's simply modern football (a game with which myself and many others are rapidly falling out of love), and ever since the Super League news I have almost given up on anything approaching the feelings I had growing up.
What is unique is the idea of a kid from Walthamstow and later Chingford, a local kid, joining our academy before he turned 10 and seeing him grow to be arguably the finest striker in the entire world. A kid who is well and truly, beyond doubt, one of our own. He struggled through loan spells, criticism, weight gain and loss, and at age 22 most barely thought him relevant in a pre-season match let alone a Premier League squad.
So forget the now, forget the corporatist, greedy dredging of anything unique or special from our club. Tell me about the time you realized we had someone special on our hands.
When did you know Kane was going to be special?