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Tom Hopkinson

Jimmy Greaves' family send message to Harry Kane as he closes on Tottenham record

Jimmy Greaves will be looking down with great pride when Harry Kane breaks his record to become Tottenham's highest goalscorer of all time.

That’s according to Greavsie’s son Andy, who reckons the man revered by many as England’s greatest-ever goalscorer will be thrilled that Kane is the man to finally topple him. Greavsie’s mark of 266 goals for Spurs has stood for more than half a century — the last of them coming in 1970 in his 369th game.

Having scored twice against Crystal Palace on Wednesday, Kane now sits on 264 goals in 411 appearances. And no one would bet against him matching — or even passing — Greavsie in the FA Cup against Portsmouth on Saturday if, of course, he plays.

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