Fans left divided as Deeney lists attributes he believes where he’s better than Kane

Fans on social media have been left divided after Troy Deeney revealed what aspects of football he feels he’s better than Harry Kane.

The 35-year-old striker is now a player-coach at League Two side Forest Green Rovers following a spell at his beloved Birmingham City.

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Deeney is best known for his 11-year stint at Watford, for whom he scored 140 goals across 419 appearances and featured 165 times in the Premier League.

Throughout his career, he has had the honour of playing against some of the best in world football, including Tottenham legend Kane. He recently revealed that he could’ve joined Spurs when Jose Mourinho was in charge of the club.

And appearing on the Winners Talking Podcast, he spoke about where specifically he thinks he’s better than Spurs’ all-time record scorer.

Deeney said: “Is Kane a better footballer than Deeney? F****** absolutely, I’d be f****** naive to say he’s not. Is he a better finisher than me? Yes.

“Can he head a ball better than me? No. Can he control a ball better than me, like look after it when there’s two men on his back? No.

“So when you’re winning a game in the 85th minute and you need someone to come on because he’s getting a bit tired or whatever, he can’t do what I can do.”

He added: “If I was gonna go in at Spurs, that would have been my role. That’s it, that’s what I’m talking about. But apparently that was a weird thing to say.”

Deeney also said: “But also, here’s something that I will say, and anyone that knows me and anyone who’s played with me will say this, can he be honest every single day and say he outworked Troy?

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“If he can say he can, he’d be f****** very, very good. If you can’t, I’m there, innit? Because one thing that anyone knows is, I outwork everybody because I’m not as good as them, do you get what I’m saying?”

After seeing the clip on X, some fans were confused as to what they heard as one said: “Wow has he really just said this?”

“I beg Deeney goes and watches Kane’s performance at the Etihad last year when Spurs won 3-2 and reconsider this statement,” added another.

However, other supporters showed their backing for Deeney as one said: “I don’t get what’s hard to understand about this.”

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“Absolutely nothing wrong with what he’s said,” added a second.

Deeney signed for Forest Green Rovers in the summer and has already made a great impression by scoring six goals in four games.

Kane is now at Bayern Munich and also enjoyed a positive opening run of matches, having netted eight times in seven appearances.

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