HARRY Kane and Tottenham Hotspur. They went together magically like Saint H and Greavsie, Torvill and Dean, and Morecambe and Wise.
Okay, there were no trophies to show for it, but it was a partnership that seemed to have been made in heaven.
Harry had even overtaken Greavsie to become Spurs' highest ever goalscorer.
But it is a funny old game. Who would have thought years ago that Kane would one day leave the Lilywhites - to go to Germany? The odds would have been pretty tasty, but, right now, I can understand why he's done it. He's given his all for the north London side, but they haven't been able - despite all his goals - to become winners.
There were 280 goals in 435 appearances for Spurs, and yet they couldn't even win a Carabao Cup. True, they did make it to a Champions League final, but that ended in yet more disappointment in a lacklustre final against Liverpool in 2019.
And since those heady days under Mauricio Pochettino (whatever happened to him?), Tottenham have only gone backwards. Not even serial winners like Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte could turn Spurs into winners, and the style of play (yawn!) left a lot to be desired.
True, if their opening game of the new Premier League season is anything to go by, then they will be a more entertaining team to watch this year. A 2-2 draw at Brentford will hardly have got the big guns quaking in their boots but at least it looks as though Tottenham's former Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou is going to get them playing front-foot football.
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