Arsenal legend Tony Adams says he’d find it easy to play against Tottenham’s Harry Kane

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Arsenal legend Tony Adams has claimed that he’d love to play against Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane today as it would be so easy to handle him.

The England skipper is yet to get off the mark at the World Cup in Qatar. Kane was brilliant against Iran in their 6-2 win, but against the United States a few days ago, he struggled.

Adams thinks he’s not so much of a threat now.

Arsenal legend Tony Adams says he’d find it easy to play against Tottenham’s Harry Kane

Adams is arguably the greatest centre-back to ever play for Arsenal. He was among the very best in the country back in the day, and he definitely knows a thing or two about defending.

The legendary Englishman has played against some of the greatest attackers in the world. He has dealt with many of them very well, and he feels Kane wouldn’t have been too much of an issue either.

Adams claims that Kane’s lack of pace and inability to run in behind makes him very easy to defend against, which is why he hasn’t yet found the net in Qatar.

The Englishman wrote in his column on The Sun: “HONESTLY, if I was a defender at this World Cup I would absolutely love playing against Harry Kane. He doesn’t get in behind the defence and he doesn’t face you up. He’s a link player who is going deeper and deeper to get the ball.

“People probably feel I’ve got it in for Harry after I also said we should take the captaincy off him and give it to Declan Rice. But that isn’t the case at all.

“And it’s not an Arsenal-Spurs thing either. We need Harry Kane, he is obviously one of the best strikers in the World, you only have to look at his numbers, but if I was a centre-back up against him in Qatar I’d have a cigar on.

“What I always feared was forwards with pace who could get in the spaces behind and force me to chase them. That scared the living daylights out of me, I hated it, but Kane doesn’t do that. And if he was running at me I’d be able to deal with that because he’s not going to have the pace to get round me.”

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It certainly would’ve been interesting to see if Adams could have dealt with the likes of Kane in the modern game. A lot has changed over the last 30 years, and the pace of the Premier League today is so much faster.

Kane definitely isn’t as quick as someone like a Kylian Mbappe, but his movement is excellent and when he gets a chance in a good area, he almost always scores.

The 29-year-old Englishman will certainly be annoyed by the fact that he hasn’t yet scored a goal at the World Cup this year after winning the Golden Boot four years ago.

He’ll love nothing more than to break his duck today when England take on Wales in their final group game.