Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini insists his thundering challenge welcoming Harry Kane to international football in 2015 was not deliberate but admits he knew even then he was up against a future star. Since that first meeting, Chiellini has established himself as one of the most dependable centre-halves in Europe while there is not one out-and-out striker more feared right now than Kane. "I don't actually remember it very well but in Turin he was certainly a great striker. "I know I judged him properly before because I considered him a great striker then and he has become a great international striker." "It was a good welcome to international football.

Source: Evening echo February 13, 2018 09:44 UTC