Wow, What a goal.
Did you know Harry Kane once won the Premier League Player of the Month for Five straight
months?
We all know about his goal scoring potential and his ability with the ball on his feet.
But today, goal 90 has gathered some of the unknown facts about Harry Kane which are probably
going to blow your mind.
So without any further ado, let's get right into it.
At Number 1
He was rejected by Arsenal:
It’s a common source of banter between Arsenal and Spurs fans today, but the average person
might not know that Harry Kane actually started out in his professional career at Tottenham
Hotspur’s most bitter local rivals Arsenal.
Kane is Spurs through and through today, but he was both a fan of and a junior player for
the Gunners back in the day.
After being spotted playing for his local club Ridgeway Rovers, he joined Arsenal's
youth academy when he was eight years old in 2001, but was released after just one season.
They felt he wasn't that good and was overweight.
Affected by this failure, Kane showed his determination to achieve his dream.
He had built a fire inside of him.
To prove himself, he spent a lot of time on loans with the teams in the lower divisions.
Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester.
After a lot of hard work he finally made it to Tottenham.
Faced with bad memories from the past, Kane took on Arsenal in 2015.
“During the derby against Arsenal I had a flashback of myself playing arsenal when
I was 11.
A feeling of deja-vu.
It gave me shivers.
In the tunnel, I told myself, It took me 12 years, but today we’ll see who was wrong
and who was right.”
Kane scored 2 goals for spurs and tottenham won the game.
Ufff, What a Sweet revenge.
At Number 2
Kane Was born only 5 miles away from white hart lane
Quite interestingly Harry Kane was brought up in an Irish way of living.
That is because, both his parents are from Galway, a harbour city on Ireland’s west
coast.
They just relocated to London to have their kids.
And what a coincidence, His parents shifted to Chingford, a suburban area in Northeast
London, which is just five miles away from Spurs’ home stadium, White Hart Lane.
The famous “Harry Kane, he’s one of our own” chants might apply now.
Tottenham fans consider him home grown as he lived right next to White Hart Lane.
Okay Moving on, At Number 3
Harry Kane went to the same school as David Beckham
Kane went to Chingford Foundation School in North London, the same high school as England
star David Beckham.
Kane has a few other things in common with Beckham.
Both men went on to captain the English national team and have also starred in ads for men’s
fragrances.
However, Beckham got engaged to pop star Posh Spice whilst Kane is engaged to his high school
sweetheart Katie Goodland.
Furthermore, he’s never been tempted to get a tattoo because “my dad always told
me I would regret it when I was older”, said Kane.
Moving on, At Number 5
He could have played for Irish National team
Today, Kane is seen as one of the first names on the England squad list.
But his initial failure to make a name for himself at the top level saw him giving serious
consideration to playing for the Republic of Ireland instead.
Kane was eligible to play for the Irish National team through his father, who was born in Galway,
but in August 2014 he ruled out switching allegiance, saying that he wanted to break
into the England senior team.
Prior to that, former Ireland boss Martin O’Neill claimed that Kane had shown a keen
interest in potentially accepting a call up to his squad and representing his team.
Okay, moving on, at Number 5
HIs brother gets mistaken for him alot
Harry Kane has an elder brother, Charles Kane.
Charles slightly resembles his younger brother.
He often gets mistaken for him.
Hmm, they don’t look so confusingly similar to me.
But, For some fans, it could be annoying mistaking Charlie for Harry when it comes to signing
autographs.
But Charlie loves it, and he’s even signed autographs as his brother when fans who are
lied to get convinced he is Harry.
In fact, Charlie reaps the full benefit of being a footballing superstar’s big brother.
At Number 6
He loves Multiple sports Harry Kane is not just football mad, he’s
sports mad.
He loves cricket.
He enjoys watching and playing golf, and often Instagrams pictures of himself on the course.
He even loves the UFC. Kane even jokingly offered to fight UFC legend Conor McGregor
on Twitter!
He is also a massive fan of American football, and named one of his dogs after the star quarterback
Tom Brady.
“He reminded me of me,” Kane said.
“Brady believed in himself so much and he just kept working and working, almost obsessively,
in order to get better.”
In fact, Kane’s dream is to become an NFL placekicker when he retires from football.
“It depends on how my career goes and injuries and how I age,” he said, “but I’d love
to.”
Watch out NFL!
At Number 7 Corrected a supporter
Harry Kane once made this young Spurs supporter correct his sign by changing ‘your’ to
‘you’re’ because he cares about his fans and appreciates the importance of correct
grammar.
Haha, looks like Kane loves doing funny things.
Okay Moving on, At Number 8
Failed to trust himself in the Kanes Army
Kanes Army is Harry Kane’s Premier League fantasy team’s name.
His team's result once floated around on social media when he picked David Silva as a captain
instead of himself, and lost 15 points.Oh, what a pity?
That was the night he destroyed Chelsea and notched up a 5-3 win.
Later on twitter he revealed that he is always going to captain himself from then on.
At Number 9
Harry Kane runs a Referee Business
Harry Kane runs a football refereeing apprenticeship programme for the unemployed people who aspire
to be referees.
Many Clubs called and used their refereeing services till date.
I wonder if any of his referees have refereed in Harry Kane’s professional match.
Okay Moving on, At Number 10
Harry Kane was featured in a Movie
There have been rumours that Kane once acted in a movie.
Harry Kane was alleged to have played the lead role of Cole Sear alongside Bruce Willis
in the 1999 thriller.
He revealed later that it wasn't him, but a boy who looked just like him.
Hmm, the boy looks quite like him in fact.
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