“Boro was a crew that made a boatload of possibilities, and he knew he would be capable to get on the top of them,” BBC Tees commentator Mark Drury instructed BBC Sport.
“However what folks have been impressed with is his instinctive ending – one contact, simply being in the correct place. It is easy however not lots of people know how you can be there on the proper time, to offer your self the very best proportion likelihood.
“He is taller and stockier than he would possibly look from the sidelines, and he’s solely 21. He appears to have the all-round bundle – good with each toes and within the air.”
A 6ft 2in English striker with a lethal final touch, who got here via at Spurs earlier than studying his commerce within the Soccer League. Remind you of anybody?
“I can perceive the comparisons with Harry Kane,” mentioned Robinson. “He has headed down the same profession path to Harry and, bodily, he has the same stature as properly.
“Like Kane, he seems to be like a participant who’s growing just a little later, in comparison with others who’re Premier League regulars earlier than the top of their teenagers.
“You have a look at him and the profession path he’s on; it’s a very comparable one to the one Harry Kane has been on, and that could be a massive constructive. There is no such thing as a substitute for taking part in within the first crew someplace, no matter what stage you’re enjoying at.”
Like Kane, Lankshear additionally had early profession setbacks. Initially at Arsenal‘s academy, he was launched and signed with Sheffield United earlier than being picked up by Spurs for £2m when he was 17.
He additionally had hit-and-miss mortgage spells. An unremarkable stint at West Brom was adopted by a extra fruitful spell with Oxford.
“Harry Kane did not all the time have brilliantly profitable mortgage spells, they aren’t all the time a marker of a participant,” says Speechly.
“He did not do something exceptional, however it’s unlucky as we aren’t scoring objectives. It’s painful to see.
“I do not suppose we are going to ever get one other Kane, however there are positively similarities. He’s an actual poacher and has a powerful work ethic. It is extremely Kane-esque.”
