Tottenham Hotspur have the best striker in the world in Harry Kane.
That is the view of former Spurs winger Andros Townsend who ranks the England international above the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid respectively.
And the Crystal Palace star is convinced that Kane is obsessed with breaking a particular Premier League record that has been held by Alan Shearer for well over a decade.
"For me he is the best striker in world football, bar none," Townsend told talkSPORT. "He is very under-appreciated.
"People love to speak about the Lewandowskis and the Benzemas, but if those guys came to the Premier League, they wouldn’t be hitting the numbers Harry Kane’s been hitting on a consistent basis.
"On average he's scoring 26 goals a season, which is incredible.
"Knowing Harry Kane, he thinks about that target every single day.
"Every single time he goes into training, he's thinking about breaking that all-time goalscoring record because that’s what Harry Kane is like.
"He's very determined, he's very focused, and if he sets his mind to something, eventually he will get it."
Speaking of records, Townsend has backed his former teammate to eventually surpass Shearer's tally of 260 goals in the top-flight of English football.
"If he stays in the Premier League for the next four or five years, 100 per cent, I think he will. He’s on course with 110 to go," Townsend added. "If he continues his average of 26 goals every 38 games then he’s only three of four years away.
"Knowing Harry Kane and the way he looks after his body… yes, he picks up injuries, but his game is not really reliant on pace and I can see him going well into his 30s."
This prediction can only be regarded as positive for Spurs fans.
If Kane is really obsessed with breaking the Premier League goal-scoring record, he can only do so by staying in England for the remainder of his career.
That would rule out a future move abroad and end talk of joining Real Madrid who have long been tipped to lure Kane away from north London to the Santiago Bernabeu.
