Harry Kane recalled the advice he received from Diego Maradona and told behind the scenes of his viral talk

In October 2017, Diego Maradona visited England and was honored by the club Tottenhamwhich at that time was directed by Mauricio Pochettino. The former soccer player took advantage of the event to go to the locker room of Wembley and chat with some players from the British team, among them Harry Kanewith whom he had a friendly chat and also gave him advice.

Five years after that meeting that was shared on social networks by the club itself, the 29-year-old center forward recalled the details of that conversation in dialogue with ESPN. “It was a great day. We were playing at Wembley at the time. I was changing in the locker room and Mauricio (Pochettino) called me to go to the coach’s locker room.co. I did not know that Maradona was there. When I saw him we greeted each other and gave each other a hug. In the video you can see that he tells me to use my eyes to deceive the goalkeeper when defining. Maradona is one of the most impressive players football has ever had.”

It’s that Diego had told him that he always defined the far post when it was one-on-one and that nowadays goalkeepers study their rivals so he must have deceived them. As? positioning his body as if he were going to finish off the furthest stick and defining the first one, to fool the goalkeepers. “It was special to spend a moment with him and that he gave me advice. It’s something I tried to take and use in my game. He is a great person and I will always remember that moment I spent with him,” he said.

that day the Tottenham they beat Liverpool 4-1 and Kane scored twice and provided an assist. In the 2017/2018 season, the gunner scored 29 goals in the Premier League and was the second highest scorer behind the Egyptian Mohamed Salah. The Englishman’s performance ratified him as the starting striker for his team at the World Cup in Russia 2018, in which he converted six goals and was the top scorer. He helped his team reach the semifinals after 28 years and finished fourth in the tournament.

Kane He is still a figure in the London team, but the British media anticipate that at the end of the season he could change clubs. The 29-year-old player has not yet added titles in his career and that is why he would seek to emigrate to institutions with more aspirations such as Manchester United, Bayern Munich or PSG.

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