Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League goals total has yet to be beaten despite the Newcastle United legend retiring from football 17 years ago, but Harry Kane is closing in.
Shearer netted 260 Premier League goals over his career and it was looking like Wayne Rooney was going to be the man to topple him, but ultimately, the former Everton and Manchester United striker topped out at 208.
Currently sitting in third place in the all-time top scorers chart, just two behind Rooney is current England and Tottenham striker, Harry Kane. Now Gabby Agbonlahor as said on TalkSPORT what he expects from Kane in terms of that elusive record.
Agbonlahor backs Kane to smash Shearer’s record
Talking to Ally McCoist, the former Aston Villa forward said: “I see him as a guy who’s going to play till late as well. He’s not playing til 34, 35, I think he’s playing 38,39s, 40s. He’s going to want to break Alan Shearer’s record and add 40. He’s not going to want to stop, he’s going to want to make it a record that’s going to take another 20 years to beat.”
I’m sure Harry Kane does harbour such ambitions, he’s a top professional and they live for winning and achieving things, but to suggest that he’s going to score 300 goals in the Premier League? Is that likely?
Kane’s record will only stand for as long as Haaland lets it anyway
Even if Kane does play into his forties, he’s unlikely to feature week-in week-out for whichever club he’s at by that point, and let’s be honest, will they even be in the Premier League? Unlikely.
I’m not saying that Kane can’t beat Shearer’s record. If anyone can, he can. Actually, if anyone can Erling ‘Cyborg’ Haaland can, but Kane will obviously get there first.
Kane has 21 goals this season which has gone under the radar thanks to the exploits of the aforementioned cyborg, so he’s still bagging goals for fun. How long he can continue hitting 20+ goals a season is the real question.
If he stays at Tottenham, he might start to drop off, but should he move to somewhere like Manchester United I think he’ll get a sort of second wind and his stats will spike for a while and then drop off rapidly. A step up in intensity might be good for him initially, but his injury record isn’t great and that will be a huge factor as he gets older. His ankles particularly have taken a battering throughout his career and if they start to act up that’s his pace gone.
In conclusion, yes he will beat Shearer’s record if he stays in the Premier League, but will he obliterate it? I doubt it. Erling Haaland will if he stays in England, though.
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