The season started at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with and without Harry Kane. He was referenced if not seen. It ended with him on the ball; fittingly, looking for Son Heung-min on the counter-attack as the final whistle blew.
There is a tradition of fine double acts at Spurs but they have shown more longevity and potency than Teddy Sheringham and Jurgen Klinsmann, than Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov. They have a blend of the homegrown and the exotic that, in their own ways, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle lacked, as, for other reasons, did Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa.
