Tottenham Hotspur have had to say a few painful goodbyes in recent times.
Indeed, Heung-Min Son has just left Spurs, while, in recent years, there has been an exodus of the entire spine of that great Mauricio Pochettino team.
Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen have all left the club in recent years.
However, perhaps the most painful departure at Tottenham in recent times was Harry Kane.
Kane left Spurs to join Bayern Munich back in 2023, and that departure sent shockwaves across north London.
Kane remains a Spurs supporter, but he left the club in order to pursue silverware.
Speaking on Rio Ferdinand’s podcast, Michael Owen has been discussing Kane’s move to Germany, and he maintains that the striker was crazy to leave Spurs when he did.
Harry Kane was ‘nuts’ to leave Tottenham
Owen spoke about Kane and his decision to leave Tottenham.
Kane is a ‘world-class’ player, but Owen thinks he was nuts to leave Spurs when he was so close to breaking the all-time Premier League scoring record.
“Well, I mean, Harry Kane, I think, is just lethal. I think he’s a brilliant finisher, a brilliant finisher. I disagreed with him going to Germany,” Owen said.
“I was outspoken about that. I still think he was nuts.
“You’re on the verge of being the all-time Premier League goal scorer. You’ve got kids that are all in school.
“I mean, I just couldn’t see it. I don’t see it. If you’re that desperate to win something, then, you know, do another year and then go”
How close was Harry Kane to breaking Alan Shearer’s record
Owen says Kane was nuts to leave Tottenham when he was so close to breaking Alan Shearer’s goalscoring record.
However, the reality is that Kane wasn’t that close to breaking this record.
Having scored 213 Premier League goals, Kane is the second-best goalscorer in the history of the Premier League.
However, he’s still 47 goals short of Alan Shearer’s tally of 260.
It could potentially take two seasons for Kane to hit 47 league goals, and at the age of 30 at the time he left Tottenham, he didn’t have that time to waste as he looked to win trophies.
Of course, Spurs did win a trophy last season, so Kane may have some regrets, but, after 17 years without a trophy, it’s easy to understand why Kane didn’t think he had much of a chance of winning anything at Spurs.