If you remember from a few years ago, then-Tottenham Hotspur player Harry Kane got a statue of himself made around five years ago that “was initially set to be placed on a platform at Chingford station, but those plans were shelved following a risk assessment carried out by TFL” (via Express UK). It was then tucked away to be revealed at a later date, but the leaked photos of his “likeness” immediately drew criticism and mockery for its dissimilarity to the the now-Bayern Munich man. Finally, it was unveiled today and it was exactly how people saw it before it was made official.
This is not to knock the sculptors who spent time crafting this statue (and the message behind it), but it just doesn’t do Kane justice. The original statue of Cristiano Ronaldo’s head that was displayed at Madeira Airport back in 2017 was also made a laughingstock; the sculptor would later make a better version.
Other comparable likenesses include Sergio Agüero’s statue outside Manchester City’s ground (which wasn’t that bad apart from the fact that it looked more like former Bayern and Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos) and Liverpool player Mo Salah’s disproportionate bobble-head like figure.
These statues may have people cracking up at the present, but the future will surely be more kind to the imageries of and these legends of the game.
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