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Tottenham star Harry Kane admits he had too much fat to be a striker when Mauricio Pochettino arrived, but says he has learnt in a short period of time

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Harry Kane reveals how he was initially carrying too much fat to impress Pochettino and how he eventually won the manager over to become ‘the best in the world’.

That [first] pre-season [under Pochettino in 2014] I came back from holiday and I thought I was in OK shape. We had our body fat test done and I was the highest in the team, something like 18 per cent!

I didn’t really want to believe it. I was like, ‘Aargh! This is wrong!’ He had his own little drills, his own fitness test — it’s called the Gacons.