Kane has achieved so much that he now forms part of England’s GOAT conversation. He is on course to break Peter Shilton’s appearance record – which stands at 125 caps – and is determined to help end 60 years of hurt this summer when guiding the Three Lions to World Cup glory.
Quizzed on whether Kane could rise above the likes of Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Paul Gascoigne and Wayne Rooney, Redknapp said: “Well, Bobby, you know I’m biased towards Bobby Moore, he’s my mate and I played with Bobby at West Ham for a long time. It’s difficult.
“Bobby Charlton, again another incredible footballer, and Gazza, amazing. But Harry Kane is the best centre-forward in the world, he’s just a fantastic player. Great talent, great guy, family man, dedicated, trains properly, never hear anything bad about him, can do everything, score goals, make goals, head it, run, work, tackle – he does everything for the team, he’s a leader. Just an incredible player – 61 goals this year in Germany, crackers really what he’s achieved from where he’s come from.
“The reason he did it is because he dedicated himself, he practiced every day for an hour, hour-and-a-half after everybody else had gone in. He wanted to be a player, took the knocks, went out on loan lots of times, didn’t really get many games, people didn’t play him, but he didn’t give up, he kept working even harder until he finally got where he wants to be. For me, he is for sure the best centre-forward in the world.”
