England captain Harry Kane became his country's leading goalscorer last week, surpassing Wayne Rooney in the process, but Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton believes his fellow Evertonian retains the status as the better player at their respective peaks.
Kane scored from the penalty spot against Italy in Naples on Thursday as the Three Lions beat the Azzurri away from home for the first time since 1961, and the Tottenham Hotspur star followed that with an instinctive finish in a 2-0 win over Ukraine at Wembley on Sunday as Gareth Southgate's side made a strong start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.
Those goals took Kane's tally to 55 in an England shirt, two clear of his predecessor as captain, Wayne Rooney. Naturally, the changing of the guard atop the scoring chart has stoked some debate about the two players, and Barton – who represented England against Spain in 2007, weighed in on social media.
