The pre-match analysis for Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City on the BBC taught us two things:
1) The way Martin O'Neill pronounces Harry Kane as 'Harry Cian' is fantastic.
2) Alan Shearer really, really, really rates Harry Kane.
As the sides were waiting in the tunnel, the BBC camera pointed to Kane on the bench, given a bit of a rest from the starting lineup for the FA Cup, which prompted Alan Shearer to reveal what he would do if he was currently a manager of one of the World's biggest clubs:
If I was an owner or chairman of any club in the world, I'd be telling them 'go and get Harry Kane, go and spend £80m or £90m on him'.
Yikes.
There's no doubting Harry Kane is an excellent striker, but that is quite a statement from Shearer.
Sure enough, he's been taking some flack on twitter for it:
Just heard Shearer say if he was a manager he'd tell his chairman to go and spend £90m on Kane.
And that is why no one would employ him.
— Kev (@GarrulousGooner) January 10, 2016
? Shearer just said kane's worth 90m ffs! He wouldn't start for any top club in the world. Embarrassing how much we overrate English players
— olly hudson (@OllyBobHudson) January 10, 2016
I really did rate Shearer as a pundit but he's just said Harry Kane is worth £80-90m. Shocker
— Alfie Felicien (@AlfieFelicien) January 10, 2016
Did shearer just say Kane is worth 80/90 million?
Give that baked bean head a wobble
— TECHNOBEAR (@666bungle) January 10, 2016
Weetabix head Alan Shearer said £90mill for Kane, kick rocks man.
— -| Marquis Warren |- (@Case_Sanderson) January 10, 2016
90 million for Harry Kane?! What's Shearer been sniffing?
— Sam Craddock (@samjcraddock) January 10, 2016
No way does Shearer think Kane is worth £80m. I mean he's quality, but come on. I could easily see him struggling at certain clubs.
— LFCdayman (@LFCdayman) January 10, 2016
At the risk of sounding out of touch.. What the hell is a 'Weetabix head'?
