As a youngster, Harry Kane must have dreamed of one day firing his beloved Tottenham side to a higher league position than their fiercest local rivals.
The last time Harry Kane was part of a victory parade. #Spurs #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/hzLJB1XwIQ
— AFC4LYF (@mrj_gooner) May 8, 2016
Unfortunately for Kane, his dreams came tumbling to the ground on Sunday as his Spurs side crashed to a 5-1 defeat at already relegated Newcastle. This result, coupled with Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Aston Villa meant that Spurs once again failed to finish above Arsenal in the league table.
Spurs secured a superior league position to Arsenal was back in 1995, a good nine years before the picture in the tweet above was taken.
Reflecting on the end to a season that at one stage appeared to promise so much, Kane admitted that he would gladly part with his golden boot award if it meant Spurs had finished above Arsenal.
Kane bagged 25 goals this season, seeing off Leicester’s Jamie Vardy and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero in the race for the league’s highest scorer accolade.
“It hurts and it will leave a bad taste in the mouth over the summer,” Kane admitted. “It definitely makes it harder Arsenal finishing in second because we know how much it means to the fans.
“When people think they’ve had a bad season and we’ve had a good one yet they still finish above us, it hurts. It definitely makes it hard because we know how much it means to the fans and to the club.
“It would have been nicer to have won the award on a better day. It’s a personal achievement, and something I’m proud of, but if I had the choice between finishing second or having the golden boot, I would rather have won at Newcastle.”
