Former Tottenham striker Gary Lineker has backed Harry Kane for his honesty after he hinted at an exit from the North London side.
Kane's latest comments caught the eye after he suggested he could leave the club if they cannot prove themselves to be contenders, as he eyes trophies in his career.
That could spark the interest of a hope of Europe's top clubs and, while Spurs fans will naturally be disappointed, Lineker believes he has only shown his ambition.
"He's a top-class player; he's one of the great strikers in world football and there’s bound to be a degree of frustration with the recent progress at Spurs," he told talkSPORT.
"It’s not easy; we’ve seen it with Arsenal that when you build a new ground it can slow down your development and that’s possibly happening with Tottenham.
"He’s just being very honest, isn’t he. He’s saying that if they don’t go on to win things… because every player wants to win thing in their career – I didn’t win too much myself.
"But it would be unthinkable for a player of Harry Kane’s stature if he didn’t win anything in his entire career.
"You can’t criticise him too much for having that view; he’s been at the club for a long time and he’s been brilliant.
"And he might well stay there, they might possibly develop, but you’d say they’re four or five players short of certainly challenging for the title.”
