There has been a debate recently that has got plenty of football fans around the country talking – Would you rather have had Jamie Vardy’s career, or Harry Kane’s? At first, it seems like the obvious answer is Harry Kane, given the fact he is the captain of England, has just became England's all-time top goal scorer, and is nearing in on becoming the Premier Leagues all-time top goal scorer. However, when you dig a little deeper into this debate and look at things like their career paths and the trophies they have won, you realise that the debate is a lot closer than you originally thought. 

As previously mentioned, Harry is Kane is England's all-time top goal scorer, overtaking Wayne Rooney after scoring a penalty in the recent Euro qualifier against Italy, redeeming himself a bit for the penalty miss in the World Cup against France. However, when you look at his career prior to breaking into the first team at Tottenham after joining the youth setup in 2004, and being promoted to the first team in 2009, you see that he was loaned out quite a bit, struggling to get game time at teams like Leyton Orient and Leicester City. 
 
Funnily enough, Harry Kane was on the pitch for Leicester for the Championship playoff semi-final at Watford, which is a game you might remember best for a certain piece of commentary. After that game in 2013, not a single person would have predicted what Leicester would go on to achieve in the next few years, as the second man in this debate propelled Leicester up the football ladder from the Championship to the Premier League, and to becoming the best in English football. 

Jamie Vardy’s early career was the opposite of Harry Kane’s, as rather than experiencing the luxuries of academy football (he was in Sheffield Wednesday's academy for a period, but was released), Jamie Vardy made his way up the ladder through non-league football, playing for Halifax and Fleetwood before joining Leicester when they were just a mid-table Championship team, pioneering them to a Premier League title, a Champions League quarter-final and more recently an FA Cup trophy. 

In conclusion, this debate is more down to either thinking the better career should be based on personal achievements, like winning the Premier League Golden Boot countless times and becoming England’s all-time top goal scorer or playing a huge part in winning top trophies in football. It is safe to say that this debate would end if Harry Kane were to win the Premier League trophy, with Spurs or not, but due to his lack of trophies this debate will no doubt go on and on until there is a clear answer.