There has always been something a little inexplicable about Harry Kane.
When he first emerged, the tendency was not to take him entirely seriously because it wasn’t obvious what he did or why he was good. Everybody had seen much quicker players, more skillful players, more powerful players, players who were better in the air, players who were better at shooting from range, players who looked more like great footballers. His secret, it turned out, was that he was good at everything.
As a youth player and in a series of loan spells, Kane had done nothing special, but suddenly, in 2013–14, something clicked, physically or mentally, and he started scoring goals by the bucketload.