The family of Jimmy Greaves has paid tribute to Harry Kane after he became Tottenham's leading goalscorer.

The England captain netted an early winner in the home Premier League contest against Manchester City to move onto 277 career goals in a Spurs shirt on his 416th appearance for the club across all competitions, breaking the tie with late icon Greaves whom he initially matched with his last winner against Fulham last week.

Greaves scored 266 goals in 379 appearances for Tottenham between 1961-70, with an extra two notched in the 1962 Charity Shield drubbing of Ipswich not counting as competitive strikes in the official club records.

“We are proud that Jimmy's record has stood for over 50 years and know he would have been happy for Harry to be the one to beat it after all this time," read the statement from Greaves' wife Irene and children Lynn, Andy, Mitzi and Danny.

“Congratulations to Harry from the Greaves Family."