Tottenham hero Jermain Defoe says he could see Harry Kane's natural talent as a junior player.

While some who used to be at Tottenham when Kane was making his first steps as a professional say they could not see the talent that would later emerge in the forward, Defoe told William Hill's Stripped Podcast that he could see his finishing ability from the beginning when the duo were at the club together.

"Harry's goalscoring ability is natural, you can't teach that. I remember the first time I saw Harry when he trained with the first team at Spurs, I was like 'wow'," Defoe, now Spurs U16 coach, said. "He was just hitting corners, that was natural. The way he finishes is like [Alan] Shearer. He scored a lot of goals, but he just put his foot through the ball.

"For someone like Harry Kane, they're just clean, calculated finishes in the corner.

"The goal against Liverpool the other week, just a little touch and finish. He knows exactly what he's doing, he doesn't just want to hit the target. He's taken his game to another level."