Harry Kane: Bayern Munich striker can’t stop scoring – is he ready to win the Ballon d’Or?

However there’s extra to Kane’s Ballon d’Or case than simply targets – the work he does on and off the ball when dropping off the ahead line is unmatched by different elite goalscorers.

“Kane has reinvented the centre-forward recreation, as Manuel Neuer did with goalkeepers a few decade and a half in the past,” 1990 Ballon d’Or winner Lothar Matthaus wrote in his column for Sky Germany.exterior

“I do not see a greater striker on the earth proper now. Not simply due to his targets, however due to his versatility and the positions he performs.

“Kane additionally demonstrates qualities as a passer, dribbler, and tackler. He’s concurrently a goalscorer, playmaker, box-to-box participant, and tackler.”

The best way Kane brings others into video games whereas additionally sustaining his unimaginable scoring file doesn’t go unnoticed by his team-mates both.

“Harry makes you higher – he isn’t right here simply to complete, he’ll put you in entrance of the aim,” his former Bayern team-mate Kingsley Coman stated on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast earlier this yr.

“I really feel like he enjoys discovering a very nice move as a lot as scoring. What’s wonderful is that he can do each. He is likely one of the strikers who’s best to play with.

“Folks say in case your striker is egocentric then there’s a downside. However Harry will not be egocentric and he bangs in 40 targets or extra a season.”

After Jamal Musiala’s leg and ankle break in the summertime value Bayern their essential inventive power, supervisor Vincent Kompany tweaked Kane’s function to present him near-total attacking freedom on the pitch.

“He’s enjoying like three or 4 totally different gamers on the pitch on the similar time, and that makes him so invaluable,” stated Raphael Honigstein on the BBC Soccer Each day Euro Leagues podcast.

Mina Rzouki added: “His mind is on one other stage, his sacrifice for the group is on one other stage.”