Harry Kane has set his sights on emulating the incredible goal-scoring feats of Lionel Messi as the Tottenham striker prepares for his shoot-out with the Barcelona legend.
Kane and Messi will be the leading men at Wembley on Wednesday when Tottenham host Barcelona in a crucial Champions League clash.
Messi has already scored eight times this Season, including a hat-trick in Barca’s European demolition of PSV Eindhoven, taking his Career tally for the club to well over 500 Goals.
Kane has been prolific for Tottenham over the last four years, but He admits he needs to become Even more ruthless with his finishing to approach the jaw-dropping statistics compiled by Argentina forward.
“He set the standard, he and Cristiano Ronaldo have gone above the normal standard when they are scoring 50 or 60 Goals a Season,” Kane said on Tuesday.
“As a striker, I want to try and match that. He’s definitely set the standard for the rest of us and he still is.
“It motivates me to get even better and improve and hopefully one day score as many, if not more than he has.
“It’s a great test for us. As players, you want to play against the best in the world and Messi is certainly that, a fantastic player, and we will do our best to stop him.”
Tottenham lost Their Opening European game at Inter Milan, leaving the Premier League side with no margin for error as they try to qualify for the knockout stages.
If Mauricio Pochettino’s side is to make it to the last 16, a victory over Spanish champions Barcelona would be a major boost.
And to achieve that goal, they will need England captain Kane at his lethal best.
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