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A statue of Harry Kane in his home town has been revealed and fans are divided

A statue of Harry Kane in his home town has been revealed and fans are divided

Images of the new statue have been revealed.

Ryan Smart

Ryan Smart

The first images of a new Harry Kane statue in his home town have been revealed - and the reaction from fans has been a mixed one.

The statue was originally commissioned in 2019 and 2020, with BBC News reporting that Waltham Forest Council allocated funds to the project.

Kane's birthplace of Chingford is situated within the Waltham Forest borough of London.

BBC reported last month that the statue has been in storage following several failed attempts to install it across various areas of the borough.

But images of the statue - which you can see below and have been confirmed by the council as genuine - have been obtained and subsequently published by The Big Issue, with it being the first public glimpse of the new Kane artwork.

And fans had mixed feelings about the statue of the Bayern Munich and England star.

One wrote: "No wonder they hid it!"

A second added: "This is not Harry Kane I'm sorry."

A third quipped: "Ain't that Rylan?"

The initial BBC report on the statue added that there were plans to install the statue on a platform at Chingford Overground station, but Transport for London (TfL) rejected this following a risk assessment.

BBC's Local Democracy Reporting Service report that a previous proposal to place the statue elsewhere was scrapped by two councillors for unknown reasons.

The end result is that the lifesize statue of Kane, which depicts the former Tottenham striker sitting on a bench with a football in hand, remains in storage.

Emma Best, the leader of Waltham Forest Council Conservatives and who approved the project along with fellow councillor Roy Berg, told the BBC that 'hours and hours' had been spent trying to find the ideal place to put the statue.

Fans may not have to wait long to see it in person, though, as a spokesperson for Kane said last month: "Especially with Harry being England and Tottenham's all time top goalscorer, it [a statue] is what he deserves.

"The location of the statue is really important to us and like Emma said, we are having some issues at the moment, but when we get it right, we will be happy to go."

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Harry Kane, Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Football, England, Fan Reactions

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