Simon Jordan: Rashford has the potential to become a strong leader, Kane is not an excellent leader

Football     2:58am, 26 July 2025

Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan recently talked about the team leader. He does not think Kane is an excellent leader and is very optimistic about Rashford becoming such a role.

Simon Jordan said: "We all know that there are few real leaders in football, but more of them followers. Unless you create an environment that can cultivate strong leadership, and I think Rashford has the potential to become such a leader. But if you can't guide them to develop the way you originally wanted, they won't become such a leader either. Because they will be distracted and will be influenced by the outside world, such as caring more about their social life.

"Some players go to nightclubs after losing to Manchester City, and don't train on their birthdays but go to Northern Ireland to celebrate, etc. These are now tolerated by the team culture. In addition, there is also the wealth brought by football. In this environment, players can’t accept the truth because if you tell them the truth, they can’t deal with it, they just want to hear the good news. That’s why we can’t develop tenacity and leadership right now. "The only reservation I have about this is that you can look at Kane, among his peers, and early in his career, you don't think he will be a leader." ”

Simon Jordan: "I don't think Kane is a good leader now. He is a great player, but not a good leader. ”

Sam Mattefes: "But I think his leadership style is to lead by example. Even if Tottenham has encountered more difficult situations than Manchester United, they change head coaches more frequently and struggle with their performance in the league, but Kane is still able to achieve outstanding results. ”

Simon Jordan: "That's just a way of leadership, but Tottenham never won any championship under Kane's leadership. In the 18-19 Champions League final, Tottenham showed no fighting spirit against Liverpool, and Kane did not perform at the level. In some other games, Kane also struggled to score goals when facing strong opponents, which made people questioned.

"Of course, we can't question Kane's level as a player, what we question is his leadership. I think Conte had clearly told Levi when he left Tottenham that there was a real leader missing in the team's locker room."

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