England manager Roy Hodgson was at Selhurst Park yesterday to check on Tottenham striker Harry Kane.

Kane struck early before Spurs were over-run by Crystal Palace in the second-half to lose 2-1.

"Harry is one of those players - Andros Townsend being another one - who didn't exactly burst on to the scene in his club side and get straight in," Hodgson told SiriusXM FC.

"They got loaned out first and sent out to different places to learn their trade, if you like, or at least pick up some important aspects of their trade.

"We have watched [Kane] for a while and I worked with him briefly in the Under-21s when I filled in for one game. Harry has come on in leaps and bounds and I'm not surprised because I know [former coaches] Tim Sherwood and Les Ferdinand very well.

"They have worked with him at Tottenham and they always believed in him as a goalscorer. It's tremendous to see people like him doing so well and quite strange that in the Under-21s a year or two ago we were bemoaning the fact we didn't think our forwards were up to the level of the midfielders.

"And yet suddenly Kane, Saido Berahino and Danny Ings are all doing exceptionally well. It will be a headache for Gareth who he picks to play in the summer."