Harry Kane is hard to read and trying to assess his mood on Zoom doesn’t help. Like many centre-forwards, exercising superhuman levels of self-control is a personality trait which helps him to be so effective at his job. And right now, he’s not giving a lot away in his facial expressions.
So, it could merely be projection to suggest that there is fresh hope in his eyes. Addressing a familiar question, about whether Tottenham really could be title contenders this year, there does seem a renewed note of conviction in his answer, albeit laced with caveats.