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The story of Kane's Arsenal background & how Tottenham gazumped their great rivals

The Spurs star will be lining up against the Gunners on Saturday, but things could have been very different if they'd have kept him on as a youngster

"Harry Kane, he's one of our own." These words, regularly chanted by the Tottenham support, are ones of genuine meaning. Spurs fans are truly proud of the player that Kane has developed into, against all odds, and have granted him hero status at the club. What makes the 24-year-old's success even sweeter for supporters, is that bitter rivals Arsenal allowed him to escape their clutches as a boy.

Kane has claimed consecutive Premier League Golden Boot awards and recently broke Alan Shearer's 22-year-old record for the highest number of top-flight goals scored in a calendar year, ending 2017 with a tally of 38.