Keen to keep on scoring

TOTTENHAM striker Harry Kane wants to be a 10-season wonder to shame the doubters and earn his place alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Spurs hammered Southampton 5-2 on Boxing Day and Kane sent statisticians into overdrive by hitting a hat-trick in what was his final outing of 2017.

His 39 goals in 36 games smashes Alan Shearer’s record for Premier League goals scored in a calendar year after Shearer managed 36 in 42 games back in 1995.

Perhaps even more impressively, Kane will finish this year with 56 goals for club and country, which is two better than Messi has managed and three more than Ronaldo.

His latest treble against Saints also deemed him the first player ever to finish a calendar year with six Premier League hat-tricks.

Tottenham fans revelled in their hero’s success with a song mocking those that branded Kane a oneseason wonder after he exploded on to the scene with 21 league goals in 2014-15.

Kane scored 25 and 29 in his next two campaigns and has 18 already this term.

“Does that still spur me on? Probably, it’s always in the back of my mind,” Kane said.

“I’ve always said when people doubt me I want to prove them wrong, whether it’s at a young age or now. That’s j ust my mindset, something in me since a young age.

“I’ll keep getting better, keep trying to improve. It’s a funny song for our fans to sing and I’ll keep doing it for nine, 10 seasons.”

Harry Kane