Dimitar Berbatov believes Harry Kane’s timely return from injury could fire Tottenham Hotspur to a Champions League place.
With the Premier League set to resume on June 17, Spurs will be targeting an unlikely spot in the top four buoyed by the return of their talismanic striker.
Kane had been missing since the turn of the year after picking up a hamstring injury, but the absence of football due to the coronavirus pandemic has given the England captain the necessary time to recover.
And former Spurs frontman Berbatov believes Kane’s return can inspire them to close the gap on fourth-placed Chelsea and secure another season of Champions League football.
“I have been watching Harry Kane's recovery, he's been training individually and I saw him doing some work on his shooting and have been impressed,” Berbatov said in his column for Betfair.
“He is ready, which is great news for Spurs and not so good news for the rest of the league.
“Spurs are seven points off the top four which is big but not so big at the same time.
“They are a serious team, especially with Kane coming back, so I will expect them to put up a good fight to try and close the gap on the top four, they will need some results to go their way, but first of all they need to do their own job to put them in a strong position should teams slip up.”
Berbatov also pointed to Heung Min-Son’s return as another reason for Spurs to be optimistic and believes the South Korean’s recent military service could help him in the long run.
“Heung Min-Son has had a slightly different preparation with his national service in South Korea which is an amazing experience for him and he is now trained to handle dangerous situations, so he is probably even better than before.
“I think his military training will be so beneficial, it may sound strange but I think it will be really good for him and to be one of the best in his group is incredible.
“Now that he is also back along with Kane, Spurs have got some real power back and they can be a threat.”
