‘TOP CLUBS WILL QUEUE UP FOR SUGAR KANE’

RONALDINHO has predicted that a good World Cup for Harry Kane will spark a stampede among the world’s biggest clubs.

Kane (right) has racked up 87 goals for club and country in two-and-a-half seasons and the Brazilian legend hinted it could get even better.

The Tottenham star is already on Real Madrid’s radar. Barcelona ambassador Ronaldinho was never going to give his approval to a move to the Bernabeu.

But the 37-year-old former Paris SaintGermain playmaker does predict that the Spurs forward could seal a switch anywhere if he impresses in Russia next summer, saying: “Harry Kane is already a great player. He would fit easily into any team in the world.

“Different countries have different ways of playing. Some are strong, some are physical. It is a difficult concept to see certain players step up. But he is a great player already.

“So, in one sense, it doesn’t really matter about the World Cup – the whole world is already watching him. I enjoy watching him play. He scores goals, who doesn’t enjoy that? But if he plays well in the World Cup, then every single big club who can afford him will be interested.”

Barcelona megastar Lionel Messi, meanwhile, has mentioned Kane’s Tottenham team-mate Dele Alli in dispatches.

And Spurs supremo Daniel Levy is already making plans to tie the 21-year-old to a long-term contract. But, having changed agents, discussions have slowed. Sources suggest the England international is chasing a deal worth in excess of £150,000-per-week. Ronaldinho likes what he has seen of the 21-year-old.

He said: “I’ve seen Alli a number of times. If what you say is true, Messi is a good judge. I admire him, too.

“I like players such as Alli. He expresses himself on the pitch. He is himself. He needs to keep expressing himself and he will grow and improve with time.”

There was one more question for the Brazilian with the trademark grin: was that free-kick against England in the

2002 World Cup quarter-final in Shizuoka a fluke? “No,” he said. “I meant it.”