Arsenal coach says he was once left in shock after what Tottenham told him about Harry Kane
Dan Buck, coach of Arsenal, has spoken about his shock at hearing Harry Kane scouted by Tottenham Hotspur.
It would be an understatement to claim that Arsenal’s prospects of advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League are highly dependent on their handling of Harry Kane in their match against Bayern Munich.
Even if Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern Munich team has had a terrible season, Kane has been outstanding, scoring 38 goals in all competitions.
It would be especially heartbreaking if Kane, with his ties to Arsenal’s North London rivals, ended up being the player to eliminate Arsenal from the Champions League.
However, it will also serve as a constant reminder of the 2002 decision by Arsenal to release Kane.
Harry Kane’s transfer to Tottenham leaves Arsenal coach bewildered
He was on the books at Hale End for about a year at the age of thirty-one. The Athletic noted that Kane was frequently overlooked by teammates like Chuks Aneke and Benik Afobe during that period.
Curiously, Kane wouldn’t sign with another top-flight club for a few of years after that. The striker joined Tottenham in 2004 following a short stint at Watford.
While at Arsenal, Dan Buck collaborated with Kane. While speaking with The Athletic, he hinted that he was taken aback to hear that he had joined Spurs.
“I went to do some coaching at Spurs around that time,” he explained. After Harry departed Arsenal, I stopped hearing about him. The Spurs scout, nevertheless, brought up the fact that you had worked with Harry Kane while at Arsenal. His signing is imminent. I was taken aback since the last time I saw him, he was clearly having a hard time.
Arguments against criticising the Gunners’ decision to release striker
No one could have failed to anticipate Kane’s greatness, really. A few years before to his breakthrough with Tottenham, he scored fourteen goals in fifty-six league appearances while on loan.
How monstrous he would turn out to be was beyond anyone’s wildest imagination. If you had said that he could even come close to being Tottenham’s all-time leading goalscorer, you would have definitely been laughed at.
Of all the stories to tell individuals who have been rejected by one institution, the one about Harry Kane stands head and shoulders above the others.
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