Harry Kane shares what he was told after being released by Arsenal as a nine-year-old

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Speaking on The Overlap, Harry Kane has spoken openly about his release from Arsenal as a child and what his dad told him after he was let go.

It’s insane to think that the Tottenham legend was once on Arsenal’s books, but as a child Kane was indeed at Arsenal’s academy.

Somehow, the coaches at Arsenal didn’t see enough in Kane and he was let go at the age of nine.

Luckily, Kane had the guidance from his family that has now led him to become the captain of England.

What’s been said?

“My Dad, his mindset and mentality, I’ve learnt a lot from. He wasn’t hard with me, he never put pressure on me, he would stand there quietly and watch me play, he wasn’t one that would shout and scream. If he felt I could improve on something there’d be no excuses,” Kane said.

Gary Neville then asked Kane about that mentality, to which he replied:

“Absolutely, I was released, I played for Arsenal when I was six until I was nine. I was released from Arsenal and a lot of dads might make excuses, but I remember the conversation, my dad told me, ‘no worries, we’ll just work harder, we’ll go back to playing Sunday league and we’ll get another opportunity’. It was all positive, there was no pressure and it was never like it was my fault or anything like that.”

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Perfect advice

Regardless of Arsenal making a mistake in letting Kane go, the advice he got from his Dad as a nine-year-old was fantastic guidance.

Unfortunately, a number of young budding footballers aren’t given the same type of guidance, but Kane was told from a young age that hard work and perseverance are the two most important things, and look at how it’s paid off.

Kane is now arguably the best player in the country, and whichever coach at Arsenal decided he wasn’t good enough as a nine-year-old is surely now kicking himself.

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