Tottenham striker Harry Kane has been nominated for the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Award and their spectators have gone crazy over the nomination of the England striker. BBC recently announced their 12-person shortlist for the Sports Personality of the Year Award and Kane was the only football representative for the honour.
However, his nomination has not been digested well by the spectators as many were left wondering as to what he did in order to deserve a place on the list. Of course, Tottenham fans wouldn’t argue much with his inclusion but the general audience has expressed their bitterness in public.
Just in, Harry Kane is a two time Golden Boot winner, having scored 25 and 29 goals in 2015/16 and 2016/17 season respectively. This season, as always, the striker started off a bit slowyl but picked up the pace since September and till date, he has bagged 9 league goals.
2017 has proved to be a massive year for the striker. In this calendar year, the 24-year-old has scored 47 goals in all competitions, including his international goals. Furthermore, talking about his Premier League exploits, Kane has bagged 30 goals in 2017, including 3 hat-tricks and a 4-goal haul against Leicester City in May.
The 12-man shortlist includes the likes of recently crowned Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton and distance runner Mo Farah amongst others, but Kane’s inclusion has sparked a lot of reactions. Have a look at how the spectators reacted:
The nominees for @BBCSPOTY 2017 … #SPOTY @GabbyLogan #TheOneShow @BBCSport pic.twitter.com/ek8WIcRbrM
— BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) November 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/mathijssukel/status/935238624714678272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
So @IAmJermainDefoe doesn’t make the list but Harry Kane does????? Absolutely unreal!! 🤔🤔🤔
— laura kennedy (@lken83) November 27, 2017
Yeah it's really difficult to understand I mean one guy won the 2nd consecutive Golden Boot, scored more than a goal a game for England, now scoring heavily in the Champions League and the other guy got relegated with Sunderland and is now a sub at Bournemouth 😂😂😂😂
— econhedge (@econhedge) November 27, 2017
How and why is Harry Kane in that list what the hell has he done!!!!!
What a joke— Emma (@embergkamp) November 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/SirDanWilson/status/935236493764853760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Completely confused at how Kane gets on this and Defoe doesn't
— Nathan 🏴🇬🇩 (@nathblightning4) November 27, 2017
No Hannah Cockcroft, Sophie Hahn, Richard whitehead? Far more deserving than Harry Kane surely! No para athletes besides Johnnie peacock. Absolute joke!
— Ian Hodson (@Hodgy2505) November 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/deanSAFC76/status/935236933734846466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Harry kane😂😂 R u having a laugh😂
— NickG (@NGymer09) November 27, 2017
Harry kane😂😂 R u having a laugh😂
— NickG (@NGymer09) November 27, 2017
Harry Kane? Personality? pic.twitter.com/roUwai9RKE
— JULES 🏴⚽ (@JULES53685245) November 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/stevevid/status/935236505966178309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Some people on here might not be old enough to remember David Beckham won spoty in 2001.Kane deserves to be on list as he has excelled in his sport.The award is for an individual not a team award and 48 goals in 46 games is pretty impressive.Jonathon Rea would be a worthy winner for his heroics in world super bikes a sport he risks life and limb every week.