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Rio Ferdinand urges Harry Kane to leave Tottenham in search for trophies

Rio Ferdinand has urged Harry Kane to leave Tottenham to go in the search of trophies at another club.

Kane has established himself as one of the world's premier centre-forwards but is yet to win a major honour.

The 26-year-old helped Spurs to the Champions League final last season, where they were beaten by Liverpool , and fired England to the semi-finals of the World Cup.

He scored from the penalty spot as Spurs drew 2-2 at Olympiakos on Wednesday night, but Ferdinand thinks he should be plotting a way out of north London.

The Manchester United legend told BT Sport: "If you look at it as if you’re an individual, put yourself in Harry Kane’s shoes, you’re saying ‘I’m off’.

Kane and Spurs endured an evening of frustration in Greece (REUTERS)

“I’ve got to be honest with you, I’d be gone because I’ve not got time to hang around. I could get injured next season, I could lose form etc. I want to win now.

"I’ve given most of my career to this club and they haven’t [won anything]. Yeah, you go very close, you can keep going very close, they’ve been close a few times of winning the league and then obviously the Champions League . It’s not enough.

“I can understand [Christian] Eriksen, you can understand Eriksen’s frustrations and wanting to leave and saying ‘I want to go somewhere and potentially win something’, not be a maybe.”

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