Kane: Tottenham have got to start winning trophies

Tottenham are lauded for their football but Harry Kane admits that the plaudits mean nothing unless they start winning trophies.

Spurs have won nothing for nine years and it has been 26 years since they won the FA Cup and 56 years since they won the league.

They are on course to finish second this season but lost in the semi-finals of the FA Cup and crashed out of the Champions League and Europa League in embarrassing fashion.

“I just want to win. I want to win trophies. I don’t think there’s a day that goes past where I wake up and think ‘I want to win something’,” Kane told Thierry Henry in an interview on Sky Sports.

“I want to win the Premier League, I want to win the Champions League, I want to win the FA Cup and in three years’ time, if I haven’t won a few trophies by then, I think it will be disappointing.

“When you walk into the training ground, there has to be a wall saying ‘Premier League winners or FA Cup winners or European winners,’ that’s got to be the next thing.”

In a far-reaching conversation, Kane also revealed that he is happiest when pundits compliment him on his all-round play.

“Of course strikers are always judged on scoring but I feel that I bring a lot more to the game than just goals.

“For example, the game against Bournemouth, I heard you and Jamie talking after the game about bringing other players into the game and touches – one touches or two make a big difference – so you’ve got a picture in your mind where he’s going to run or someone else is going to run and when you guys talk about it, it pleases me because that’s what I want to hear.

“I don’t just want to be judged on ‘oh he scored 20 goals or 25 goals again’. Of course, it is great and what I want to do. Goal scoring is not easy and doing all the other stuff isn’t easy either.”