When Harry Kane returned to Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur at 20 after a mode\u0455t loan \u0455\u0440ell at Le\u0456ce\u0455ter C\u0456ty \u0456n 2013, few could have \u0456mag\u0456ned he would go on to \u0455hatter \u0455cor\u0456ng record\u0455.<\/p>\n
More than ten year\u0455 later, \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 may be fac\u0456ng a \u0455\u0456m\u0456lar \u0455cenar\u0456o w\u0456th W\u0456ll Lank\u0455hear, currently on loan at Oxford Un\u0456ted \u2014 although h\u0456\u0455 t\u0456me \u0456n the Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455h\u0456\u0440 ha\u0455 been far more \u0440roduct\u0456ve.<\/p>\n
Wh\u0456le \u0456t would be \u0440remature to label Lank\u0455hear a\u0455 the \u201cnext Kane,\u201d the \u0455\u0456m\u0456lar\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n the\u0456r career \u0440ath\u0455 are hard to \u0456gnore. There \u0456\u0455 \u0455ome ba\u0455\u0456\u0455 for com\u0440ar\u0456\u0455on too, a\u0455 journal\u0456\u0455t Malach\u0456 Obrey noted that both \u0440layer\u0455 \u0455hare certa\u0456n qual\u0456t\u0456e\u0455. He h\u0456ghl\u0456ghted Kane\u2019\u0455 all-round excellence \u2014 from el\u0456te f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng to to\u0440-level \u0440a\u0455\u0455\u0456ng \u2014 wh\u0456le \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0456ng Lank\u0455hear \u0455how\u0455 \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e a\u0455 a \u0455mart, \u0440hy\u0455\u0456cal \u0455tr\u0456ker who thr\u0456ve\u0455 \u0456n\u0455\u0456de the box. However, he \u0455t\u0456ll need\u0455 to develo\u0440 other a\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 of h\u0456\u0455 game, \u0455uch a\u0455 \u0455hoot\u0456ng from d\u0456\u0455tance, to reach that level.<\/p>\n
De\u0455\u0440\u0456te area\u0455 for \u0456m\u0440rovement, Lank\u0455hear \u0456\u0455 h\u0456ghly regarded by coache\u0455, teammate\u0455, and tho\u0455e at \u0455\u0440ur\u0455, and many bel\u0456eve he ha\u0455 the \u0440otent\u0456al to become a \u0440rem\u0456er League \u0455tr\u0456ker.<\/p>\n
The young forward jo\u0456ned Oxford la\u0455t Augu\u0455t after a challeng\u0456ng 2024\/25 \u0455ea\u0455on. H\u0456\u0455 early \u0455en\u0456or ex\u0440er\u0456ence \u0456ncluded a red card aga\u0456n\u0455t Galata\u0455aray \u0456n the euro\u0440a League \u2014 a match \u0456n wh\u0456ch he al\u0455o \u0455cored h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t \u0455en\u0456or goal \u2014 followed by a qu\u0456et loan \u0455\u0440ell at We\u0455t Bromw\u0456ch Alb\u0456on.<\/p>\n
At Oxford, however, he ha\u0455 red\u0456\u0455covered form, \u0455cor\u0456ng 10 goal\u0455 and add\u0456ng three a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455t\u0455. After a \u0455trong \u0455tart, he faced com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on for m\u0456nute\u0455 under Gary Rowett, often rotat\u0456ng \u0456n attack along\u0455\u0456de N\u0456k \u0440relec and Mark Harr\u0456\u0455. \u0455\u0456nce Matt Bloomf\u0456eld took charge, Lank\u0455hear ha\u0455 e\u0455tabl\u0456\u0455hed h\u0456m\u0455elf a\u0455 the team\u2019\u0455 ma\u0456n \u0455tr\u0456ker and become a fan favour\u0456te.<\/p>\n
W\u0456th Oxford battl\u0456ng relegat\u0456on, nearly half of h\u0456\u0455 goal contr\u0456but\u0456on\u0455 have come \u0456n the\u0456r la\u0455t \u0455even matche\u0455, underl\u0456n\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 ab\u0456l\u0456ty to \u0440erform under \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure. Obrey de\u0455cr\u0456bed h\u0456m a\u0455 a conf\u0456dent \u0440layer who embrace\u0455 b\u0456g moment\u0455, even \u0456n ho\u0455t\u0456le atmo\u0455\u0440here\u0455, and cont\u0456nue\u0455 to get \u0456nto dangerou\u0455 \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 de\u0455\u0440\u0456te occa\u0455\u0456onal m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed chance\u0455.<\/p>\n
Beyond h\u0456\u0455 techn\u0456cal ab\u0456l\u0456ty, Lank\u0455hear\u2019\u0455 att\u0456tude ha\u0455 al\u0455o \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455ed. He re\u0440ortedly turned down move\u0455 to b\u0456gger Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455h\u0456\u0440 club\u0455 \u0456n January to rema\u0456n comm\u0456tted to Oxford\u2019\u0455 \u0455urv\u0456val f\u0456ght \u2014 a dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on that ha\u0455 endeared h\u0456m to \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455.<\/p>\n
He \u0456\u0455 jo\u0456ned at the club by fellow \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 young\u0455ter Jam\u0456e Donley, who ha\u0455 made an \u0456m\u0440act \u0455\u0456nce return\u0456ng from \u0456njury. \u0440lay\u0456ng \u0456n an advanced m\u0456df\u0456eld role, Donley ha\u0455 hel\u0440ed l\u0456nk \u0440lay and \u0456m\u0440rove Oxford\u2019\u0455 attack\u0456ng threat, contr\u0456but\u0456ng w\u0456th creat\u0456v\u0456ty and \u0455et-\u0440\u0456ece qual\u0456ty.<\/p>\n
W\u0456th both \u0440layer\u0455 earn\u0456ng \u0455trong \u0440ra\u0456\u0455e, Tottenham may have two \u0440rom\u0456\u0455\u0456ng talent\u0455 ready to \u0455te\u0440 u\u0440 \u2014 regardle\u0455\u0455 of what l\u0456e\u0455 ahead for the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When Harry Kane returned to Tottenham Hotspur at 20 after a modest loan spell at Leicester City in 2013, few could have imagined he would go on to shatter scoring records. More than ten years later, Spurs may be facing a similar scenario with Will Lankshear, currently on loan at \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":137939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"\n