Saturday 18 April 2015 07:32, UK
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says Harry Kane would be a more more worthy winner of the PFA Player of the Year award than Chelsea's Eden Hazard.
Kane and Hazard have both been shortlisted for the player and young player of the year prizes and Pochettino feels the Spurs striker deserves the senior award because of his "massive impact" on English football
"I think that Hazard is a very good player, he's fantastic, a great player but the impact that Harry has had on English football is massive.
"I think that Hazard is a very good player, he's fantastic, a great player," Pochettino said of the PFA Player of the Year shortlist. "But the impact that Harry has had on English football is massive.
"Maybe the impact is bigger than Hazard and his performances. Everyone knew that Hazard is a brilliant player.
"But I think not too many people expected that Harry Kane would show the performances that he has this season. This is the difference, I believe."
Kane's position would be further strengthened if he can net at Newcastle on Super Sunday, making him the first Spurs player to score 30 goals in a single season since Gary Lineker.
"It would be a big thing for the club and for Harry Kane," Pochettino said.
"It's very important for the team. If he arrives at 30 goals for the season, then it's an historic thing.
"I've said that he needs help. I need help. We all need help. But it's always the case that a striker needs the ball to arrive so that he can shoot and score.
"He needs the chance to be created, for people to run and to give him the ball."
Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor may well be heading for then White Hart Lane exit after underwhelming campaigns, with Pochettino accepting a striker is up there with his summer spending plans.
"Maybe it's one of our ideas, our priority," he said. "Maybe, yes.
"After analysing all season, after the season finishes we need to analyse again.
"We have all the information. We record all the training sessions and we need to sit, analyse and take a decision.
"You never know (if Kane will still be our main striker) but when you show the stats from Harry Kane he is the best striker today in the Premier League."
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