article_snippet: The Lithuania manager, Igoris Pankratjevas, described the Spurs forward as a ‘sniper’.
article_snippet: Even Wayne Rooney, whose limelight had been stolen by the 21-year-old, seemed a little breathless.
article_snippet: It’s incredible really,’ Wayne Rooney said of
article_snippet: And so a kid who looked like Wayne Rooney might be heading for a career in the lower divisions is suddenly taking our league, and now our national team, by storm.
article_snippet: Wayne Rooney (right) praised
article_snippet: This is a kid who was shunted around the lower leagues to Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester while Spurs tried to work out what to do with Spurs and whether Spurs was good enough to make the grade with them.
article_snippet: This is a kid, an English kid, a local north London kid, whose meteoric rise has coincided with immigration leaping to the top of the political agenda and concerns about the proliferation of foreign players and owners in our leagues.
article_snippet: Riding along on Kane’s coat-tails, FA chairman Greg Dyke has quickly and adroitly tapped into those fears and prejudices and seized the moment to propose that every the Premier League club should have 12 home-grown players in the Premier League 25-man squad.
article_snippet: I suppose when someone has shone quite so brilliantly, that is always in the back of your mind,’ Hodgson said.
article_snippet: But I have got to say that from what I have seen of Hodgson, from what I know of the apprenticeship Hodgson has already served, when I look at the qualities Hodgson possesses as a football player, I have got no fears in that respect.
article_snippet: I still think it is prudent for Mauricio Pochettino and
article_snippet: You are singing his praises enough, so just allow me to dampen Mauricio Pochettino and myself down a little bit.