Rice has ‘never seen’ a finisher as clinical as Kane
Declan Rice has said that you have to “applaud” Harry Kane when you see how good his finishing is for Tottenham and England.
Kane’s form has hit new heights this season under Jose Mourinho. The forward has an impressive 13 goals and 11 assists from his 15 appearances in all competitions this campaign.
He is known as one of the most clinical strikers in world football. Kane has 201 goals for Spurs from his 302 appearances for them.
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Rice has been performing well for West Ham for the last couple of seasons. His form earned him his senior England debut in March 2019.
He has been a regular for England ever since, and he has spent a lot of time working with Kane at international level.
The midfielder told Sky Sports’ Super 6 Podcast that he is left in awe of Kane’s finishing when he plays with the striker for England:
“In that last camp just gone back, I said to Eric Dier I’ve never seen finishing like Harry Kane in my life, I’ve never seen it.
“We did a finishing drill and he finished every single ball from outside the ‘D’ with power and precision.
“I know how good he is but witnessing it in training, it’s so sick to watch. As a football person as well; as a fan, as a player, to watch him just doing that you have to applaud it.
“I remember I got there and my first training session was in the evening; it was a group of us on a Sunday night,” Rice said.
“A few of the lads were doing recovery, there was 11 of us, and even though there was only 11 the standard was ridiculous. [Raheem] Sterling, [Marcus] Rashford, Kane, I couldn’t believe my eyes.
“Even now when I go, the lads ask me at West Ham what the training is like. It’s ridiculous, the standard is so, so good. I can’t speak highly enough of it.
“You see the rondos and the boxes, you can do flicks and tricks but if they want to get 50 passes [in a row] within about 20 seconds it’s done, you can’t get the ball back. The standard is so good.”
