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Sean Dyche reveals he tried to sign 'top fella' Harry Kane for Burnley when the Tottenham forward was a youngster... as he heaps praise on the forward ahead of Everton's crunch clash against Spurs

Sean Dyche could have told Harry Kane a decade ago it would be difficult for him to get out of Tottenham.

Dyche, whose Everton side have to stop Kane at Goodison on Monday night, failed in a bid to sign the future England captain at Burnley in 2013 after he’d had mixed loan spells at Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester.

He even went as far as doing background checks on the 19-year-old but couldn't agree a deal with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.

Since then, Kane has become Tottenham and England's record goalscorer and is closing in on Alan Shearer's Premier League mark.