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Harry Kane BREAKS Jimmy Greaves' Tottenham scoring record with a strike against Manchester City, his 267th goal for the club in all competitions.

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  Harry Kane BREAKS Jimmy Greaves' Tottenham scoring record with a strike against Manchester City, his 267th goal for the club in all competitions. Harry Kane's goal against Manchester City broke Jimmy Greaves' long-standing Tottenham goalscoring record. Kane now has 267 goals. Jimmy Greaves had been the club's all-time leading scorer for more than 50 years. With a goal against Manchester City, Harry Kane broke Jimmy Greaves' long-standing scoring record for Tottenham. Tottenham forward Harry Kane scored his 267th goal for the club against City, breaking a record that had stood for more than 50 years. Kane has 416 goals in 416 appearances, while Greaves has 266 in 379. Kane opened the scoring against City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon, equaling the legendary striker's record against Fulham last month. Tottenham pressed high through Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who picked the pocket of teenager Rico Lewis, who had been played into trouble by Rodri, w

STEVE PERRYMAN: Harry Kane is a fantastic player, but when he breaks the all-time Tottenham goalscoring record, he will be overtaking a 'genius' in Jimmy Greaves, even though the England captain deserves all the praise he receives.

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  STEVE PERRYMAN: Harry Kane is a fantastic player, but Jimmy Greaves was a genius who was the closest thing we've had to Lionel Messi... though the England captain will deserve all the praise he receives for breaking Tottenham's all-time scoring record. According to Steve Perryman, Harry Kane will surpass a genius in Jimmy Greaves. Kane only needs one goal to dethrone Greaves, who played with Greaves for six months in North London as Tottenham's record goal-scorer. Harry Kane may become Tottenham's all-time leading scorer on Sunday or later this month. Harry is an excellent payer, hard worker, and finisher. But Jimmy Greaves, the man whose record he is breaking, was a genius. I don’t use the word lightly nor this comparison: I think Jimmy is the closest thing we’ve had to Lionel Messi. The style, the panache, the finishing: I should be saying Messi was close to being Jim, he was that good. Some generations may not realise how much better he was than everyone else becau