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Harry Kane: The Ballon d’Or Winner Who Couldn’t Get a Game at Leicester City

From the substitutes bench in that famous game at Vicarage Road, to the best footballer in the world. Harry Kane’s brief Leicester City career is a wonderful reminder that football rarely makes any sense.

27.10.26, 00:00 Updated 27.10.26, 09:34 5 Minute Read

From the substitutes bench in that famous game at Vicarage Road, to the best footballer in the world. Harry Kane’s brief Leicester City career is a wonderful reminder that football rarely makes any sense. Yes, the man officially crowned the best footballer on the planet last night at the London Palladium, once struggled to get a game under Nigel Pearson.

Lets all take a trip back to February 2013, Leicester City were chasing promotion from the Championship. Pearson wanted additional attacking firepower and Tottenham Hotspur had a promising 19 year old striker who needed games called Harry Kane.

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Pete Selby

Pete Selby

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