Sport:-Harry Kane can become Tottenham's greatest striker - Glenn Hoddle

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Posted by on September 27, 2017

Tottenham's Harry Kane can become the club's "greatest striker", says White Hart Lane legend Glenn Hoddle.

Kane scored a hat-trick as Spurs beat Apoel Nicosia to maintain their 100% Champions League record this season.

The England international, 24, has now scored six trebles in 2017 and 11 goals in seven games this month.

When Kane was asked about Hoddle's comments, made on BT Sport, he said: "It's great praise. I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing."

• Kane hits hat-trick as Spurs beat Apoel

Midfielder Hoddle played 490 times for Spurs between 1975 and 1987, scoring 110 goals, before returning to the club as manager in 2001.

Kane is 14th in Tottenham's all-time list with 108 goals in 173 games, 158 behind the club's record scorer Jimmy Greaves.

England striker Jimmy Greaves scored 266 goals in 379 games for Spurs - averaging 0.70 goals a game. Kane is averaging 0.62.

Bobby Smith (208) is the only other player to score more than 200 goals for the north London club, while Martin Chivers' 174 goals between 1968 and 1976 places him third on the list.

Jermain Defoe, Teddy Sheringham and Robbie Keane are all ahead of Kane, but he has passed the totals of other big names - such as former England striker Gary Lineker and German World Cup winner Jurgen Klinsmann.

Kane made his Tottenham debut in 2011 and has scored at least 20 goals in each of the past three Premier League seasons, including 29 goals in 30 games last term.

Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino, who joked earlier this week that he was "in love" with Kane, said after Tuesday's hat-trick that the striker has "unbelievable skills" in front of goal.

"He is something special - a killer. It is a special skill," the Argentine added.

Premier League players - goals in all competitions in 2017
Player	Goals	Games
Harry Kane, Tottenham	34	30
Sergio Aguero, Manchester City	24	33
Romelu Lukaku, Everton & Manchester United	24	28
Dele Alli, Tottenham	18	34
Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal	17	33
Son Heung-min, Tottenham	15	34
Jamie Vardy, Leicester	15	30
Joshua King, Bournemouth	15	25

An incredible year

Kane's treble in the 3-0 win over Cypriot side Apoel Nicosia was his ninth of his Spurs career - and a sixth of a productive 2017.

January 14 2017: Kane scores three in 4-0 win over West Brom - his first hat-trick since 2015