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Keifer MacDonald

'Not able to do that' - Jermain Defoe makes Luis Suarez claim in Liverpool comparison with Harry Kane

Former Tottenham and England forward Jermain Defoe insists it is difficult to separate Luis Suarez and Harry Kane's footballing ability.

Defoe, who scored over 100 Premier League goals across stints for West Ham, Spurs, Portsmouth and Sunderland, and was at White Hart Line while Kane progressed through Spurs' youth ranks, believes that a ballot of 10 ex-players would see the two strikers unable to be separated.

"If there were say, 10 ex-players, I think it’d be 50-50," said Defoe, speaking on Rio Ferdinand’s FIVE YouTube channel. "Forget the Liverpool to Barcelona [controversy with Luis Suarez], all that sorts of stuff. Just talking about them as players. Both goalscorers, Harry’s [Kane] got more to his game [than Suarez].

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