A year ago
A lot has changed since Harry Kane made his Premier League debut for Tottenham in August 2012.
Wayne Rooney is still not England's all-time leading goalscorer - a record he held just a few years before being surpassed by Kane - while Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Ryan Giggs are still in the process. enjoy.
Arsene Wenger, Sir Alex Ferguson and Roberto Mancini lead Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City respectively, while Liverpool have appointed Brendan Rodgers and Roberto De Matteo to continue at Stamford Bridge after guiding Chelsea to the Champions League League - and qualify. at the expense of Tottenham, Wednesday.
David Moyes was initially highly regarded to succeed Harry Redknapp as Spurs manager, but the job eventually went to former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas - who handed Kane 19 aged for the first time in the Premier League as a late substitute in the opening match. last weekend's 1-2 loss to Newcastle United. Kane, who has previously had loan spells at Leyton Orient and Millwall, made his Spurs debut under Redknapp in a Europa League qualifier against Hearts last summer but must wait patiently for his chance in the top flight. Older brother.
The young striker was brought on in the 85th minute for Sandro but could not create an equalizer against Alan Pardew's Magpies. It was his only appearance for Tottenham that season; Kane was then loaned out to Norwich and Leicester, the team he featured in in an unforgettable play-off defeat to Watford in 2013.
He finally started his breakthrough in the second half of the 2013-14 season under Tim Sherwood, with whom he scored his first Premier League goals, but it wasn't until Mauricio Pochettino's arrival in the summer of 2014 , he just won. as an undisputed start.
Nine years have passed quickly and now only Alan Shearer stands above Kane in the Premier League's all-time top scorers rankings. The 29-year-old has become the all-time best scorer for Tottenham as well as England and will certainly break Shearer's record if he does not move abroad to play in the near future.
But which players are closest to Kane since his league debut? We've taken a closer look at the top 10 Premier League goalscorers since the start of the 2012-13 season.
Kane's England team-mate Raheem Sterling has been the only player to feature regularly in the English top flight since. The striker only started to explode at Liverpool last year, the same summer that Eden Hazard (departs 2019) and Olivier Giroud (departs in 2021) first arrived in England. Jamie Vardy, Kane's brief teammate at Leicester, remains in the Championship - eventually being promoted to the Premier League with the Foxes in 2014 - while Sadio Mane, Son Heung-min and Salah arrive later.
The closest challenger Sergio Aguero signed for Manchester City in 2011 and scored 23 goals in his first winning campaign, scoring another 161 since Kane made his Premier League debut.
Here is the full top 10:
10. Eden Hazard - 85
9. Olivier Giroud – 90
8. Son Heung-min – 103
7. Sadio Mane – 111
6. Rahim Sterling – 113
5. Romelu Lukaku – 121
4. Jamie Vardy – 136
3. Mohamed Salah - 139
2. Sergio Agüero - 161
1.Harry Kane-209
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