Lloris labels main man as Tottenham’s Messi/Ronaldo

Hugo Lloris believes Harry Kane is Tottenham’s version of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as he looks to score the goals that send the club into the Champions League knockout stage.

Kane netted his sixth hat-trick of the year as Spurs cruised past Apoel Nicosia on Tuesday night, backing up the two goals he scored in the home win over Borussia Dortmund.

As a result the England star is top of the Champions League goalscoring charts, but Lloris believes that Kane still has to prove himself on the biggest stage in European football.

“In every big team, you have a big goalscorer. In Tottenham, it is Harry Kane,” Lloris said on Sky Sports.

“I think for him he has got a lot of things to prove in the Champions League. He shows his quality and skills at the moment.

“Five goals in two games is fantastic and hopefully he will carry on in the same way for him and the team. We are not surprised about Harry, we know his talent, his skills, his aptitude to score goals and important goals.

“He is our main player, like in top teams, in Real Madrid you have Ronaldo, in Barca you have Messi.”

Lloris also believes that Kane’s mindset sets him in good stead to become “one of the best”.

“Give him time. The most important thing is he is exigent towards himself. Then, for sure, he will lead the national team, he will lead Tottenham,” Lloris added.

“Ronaldo and Messi – they are from another galaxy but Harry has got so much potential to become one of the best. I am not worried – he is connected with the world, he is very calm, he is a hard worker and he is very ambitious.

“That is something very important in football. If you lose your personal ambition it can become difficult.”

Kane could continue his impressive goalscoring form this weekend when Spurs travel to Huddersfield on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.