Sherwood Reveals He Fought To Keep Harry Kane At Tottenham

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Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood has revealed that senior members at Tottenham wanted to sell Harry Kane, but the English boss refused to let the youngster go.

Sherwood has said that senior members at Spurs wanted to sell Harry Kane, so that they could land an expensive striker in the January transfer window of 2014.

The former Spurs head coach stated that he would not let any move go through for the young striker, and played Kane regularly towards the latter stages of the season.

Sherwood claims that the club wanted to sacrifice the front man, and after hearing the news that Harry Kane has been selected for the latest England squad, the Villa boss has praised the 21-year-old, but has said that he can still improve further.

‘We don’t have to worry about him losing his head, getting too big for his boots, he’s not that type of character. He knows there is a lot of hard work to do.’

‘It was impossible for Roy Hodgson to ignore Harry Kane. He’s done everything. We have to remember he wasn’t always one of our own at Tottenham.’

‘It’s great I resisted the temptation to get rid of him last January because perhaps he wouldn’t be the star he is for Tottenham.’

‘(It was) never (a possibility), in my opinion, but there were people at club who wanted to bring in another striker and sacrifice Harry Kane. I wouldn’t allow that to happen. He got his opportunity and now he’s bouncing forward.’

‘You knew the mentality desire and passion for the game was second to none. He has got tremendous self-belief. He doesn’t see anyone as competition to him, he just sees himself and is willing to improve.’

The former Tottenham player has also praised both Christian Eriksen and Gylfi Sigurdsson for their attitudes on the training pitch, and claims that this helped Kane develop as a player.

‘A lot of credit should go to Christian Eriksen, Gylfi Sigurdsson. Those two guys, along with Harry, spent hours on that training field, striking balls, working on left side, working on the right side. I think they showed Harry Kane the way to train properly.’