ucas Moura has urged Tottenham to maintain maintain of Harry Kane and believes the England captain has been crucial issue within the membership's rise over the previous decade.

Kane is coming into the ultimate yr of his contract and has remained tight-lipped on whether or not he has performed his closing recreation for Spurs, though the membership are anticipated to rebuff any provides for the 29-year-old this summer season.

Kane made it 30 League targets for the season with a well-taken double as Spurs won 4-1 at Elland Road on the ultimate day, condemning Leeds to the Championship.

Lucas, who capped his closing recreation for Tottenham with an excellent stoppage-time aim, afterwards urged the membership to maintain Kane.

"It's very important," stated the Brazilian. "The most important part in this process over the past 10 years, how the club changed the level, I think it’s Harry Kane. He was very, very important. To keep him is the key point. I hope he can stay to help the team next season and to win a title. I will be supporting him.

"He's a particular participant, an incredible participant and an incredible team-mate. A giant instance for everybody, top-of-the-line that I’ve performed with. One of the perfect in England. He’s very, essential for Tottenham and the nationwide crew. For me it was a pleasure. I hope he can keep on this degree and I can be supporting him for the remainder of my profession."

Lucas beat three Leeds players to poke home Spurs' fourth goal on Sunday, capping off a five-and-a-half year spell in north London in style. The 30-year-old has started just three games this season, and none in the Premier League, due to injuries and competition for places and the club has not offered him a new contract.

"What a technique to end," he said. "Good efficiency, after I scored I used to be searching for this aim for some time. It has been a troublesome season and it was a really big day. I’m very, very comfortable to finish on this manner. One extra particular second that I'll hold in my coronary heart.

"Personally [the season] was very hard because I didn’t play a lot, I had a few problems with injuries and the team they struggled. We can do much, much better we know. But, yeah, what’s done is done. Now it’s time to recover. I’m sure they will do better in the next season.

"We want extra consistency as a result of I believe we’ve had an excellent squad in each season that I’ve performed right here, a top quality squad. We had a couple of issues outdoors of the pitch however there aren't any phrases to clarify. I believe, like I stated, the squad that now we have, we might do a lot, a lot better. Now it’s time to search for the following season.

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"The Premier League is very difficult. There are a lot of teams who can arrive. It’s very competitive but we can do better, we have a squad to do better, we have quality players to do better. But now it is not time to complain anymore."

Lucas will all the time be remembered at Spurs for his gorgeous second-half hat-trick towards Ajax to ebook their place within the 2019 Champions League closing, and Mauricio Pochettino's resolution to not begin him within the defeat by Liverpool in Madrid stays a speaking level amongst followers.

Asked how he felt now to have been benched 4 years in the past, Lucas stated: “Everyone asks me this!

"Yes, the feeling was bad. I didn’t expect it. Of course I wanted to play but what can I say? It’s the coach’s decision. I just…mutual respect and I was so focused to win that game, to be champion that I didn’t let this affect me or affect the team. But of course I wanted to play. I didn’t expect to be on the bench."