The best Premier League players wearing number 10 right now

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Some of the world's best players have worn the number 10 shirt

2. Harry Kane

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Kans celebrates after scoring for Tottenham Hotspur against fierce rivals Arsenal

Harry Kane is, without a doubt, the best English player of his generation. The striker graduated from the Spurs academy but was sent out on loan to Leyton Orient, Milwall, Norwich and Leicester before finally making his breakthrough for Spurs towards the end of the 2013-14 season.

Kane might not be the most eye-catching player on this list, but his record speaks for himself. He is one of those few remaining traditional centre forwards who don't possess unnatural pace or dribbling abilities, but rather depend on their off-the-ball movement and a poacher's instinct in front of goal.

In the 2014/15 season, he scored 30 plus goals, making him the first Tottenham player to achieve that feat since Gary Linekar in 1991/92. He scored 21 league goals, equaling a Premier League club record. Even so, his style of play meant that several fans and critics alike considered him to be a one season wonder.

He proved all his doubters wrong in the next two years, winning the PL Golden Boot twice in a row, becoming only the fifth player to do so. Tottenham came agonisingly close to the title both times, finishing 3rd and 2nd.

He started off this season poorly, unable to shake off his "August blues", but turned his fortunes around at the start of September with a brace against Malta. In spite of not having scored in the first month of the season, he already has four goals in six league games.

Still only 24 years old, Kane is the central figure around which Mauricio Pochettino is building his Spurs squad. If they are to challenge for title, they will need their home-grown lad to be at his very best this season, and don't be surprised if he wins a hat-trick of Golden Boots next year.

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