Former Tottenham coach Clive Allen is delighted for Harry Kane over his success this season.

Allen worked with Kane during the striker's youth career at Tottenham and the 53-year-old, who was a prolific forward during his own stint at the club in the 1980s, knew there was a budding talent in the waiting.

"Having worked with him when he first came into the club you could see he was a talent," he said.

"He knew and worked on his deficiencies, he had a great attitude towards his work and always had a natural gift for getting into the right positions to score goals.

"He improved his finishing and his technical ability over a period and thoroughly deserves to get to where he has got.

"It has happened quicker than probably even he anticipated, in respect that it has been a meteoric rise in the last couple of years but he did his ground work - he went out on loan and saw how difficult it was in the lower leagues.

"He is a great lad and with the attitude and mind he has he can go from strength to strength and get even better - as he matures he will definitely get better.

"You look at the way he has been playing, he thoroughly enjoys scoring goals for Tottenham.

"There have already been some big, important goals that he has scored and he would love nothing more than to do that in a cup final for Spurs.

"The fans obviously connect with players who have come through and Harry will be determined to get the right result and hope that he can win a trophy with a team so close to his heart."