Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Kane setting his sights on building

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HARRY Kane admits he may need to build a bigger room to house his growing collection of awards after the striker hit a hat trick in Tottenham’s thrashing of Apoel Nicosia.

Kane arrives at the John Smith’s Stadium to face Huddersfie­ld Town in the Premier League on Saturday having scored his first Champions League treble to seal a 3-0 victory in Cyprus and now has his eye on the greatest challenge in football – overcoming Real Madrid.

Spurs travel to the Santiago Bernabeu next month in a strong position to qualify, having taken two wins out of two in Group H, and with Kane in irresistib­le form.

The 24-year-old now has 11 goals in seven games for club and country and after the full-time whistle he posted an Instagram picture of himself holding the matchball, signed by his teammates.

“I’m hoping to build a room for them, the trophies and balls, but at the moment they’re at home,” Kane said.

“The room isn’t built yet but hopefully it will be soon. At the moment they’re just in the bags, in the cupboards, waiting to be put up. Hopefully I’ll need a bigger room, that’s what I’m waiting for.”

Tottenham will head to Madrid knowing even a point would be a bonus to their hopes of progress, but the match is also likely to be billed as a battle of Kane against Cristiano Ronaldo.

Kane may never match Ronaldo’s stunning career numbers but the England forward’s 2017 record of 34 goals in 30 club appearance­s trumps the Portuguese, who has 31 in 33. Lionel Messi has 43 in 41 for Barcelona.

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