Busy Kane is in a class of his own

THE talk about Harry Kane’s fitness is not going to stop any time soon. I agreed with what Gary Neville had to say before England v Switzerland — 175 games since 2015 is crazy — and, for what it’s worth, I thought he looked flat in the World Cup. You could see it in the semi-final against Croatia, but even before that I thought he was out on his feet against Colombia in the last 16. When you consider that, what he did to finish as the Golden Boot winner was remarkable. But there is a reason he plays so many games for club and country and all will become obvious in the names I am about to list. I made a note of the strikers I grew up watching in the 1990s: Alan Shearer, Les Ferdinand, Andy Cole, Robbie Fowler, Ian Wright, Chris Sutton, Dion Dublin and Peter Beardsley. The first five named would be guaranteed starters for England if they were around now. The rest would all be capable of scoring 25 per season. When Chris was the most expensive player in the Premier League in 1994, he couldn’t even get in England’s squad as the competition was so fierce. Now the lack of depth below Kane (left) is frightening. The options for both Tottenham and England are thin and that is why Gareth Southgate and Mauricio Pochettino keep playing him. If I was 10 years younger I might even have got a game!