'Kane's doing two jobs', says Hoddle, who urges Alli and Spurs midfielders to step up

That's the view of Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle, who suggested the striker is owed some aid from the players he's given so much to in the past.

Although he netted seven goals in two matches for England during the international break, Kane's start to the season has been far from ideal, scoring just one goal in ten Premier League appearances.

Kane took up a new role last season where he dropped deep and supplied the likes of Heung-Min Son to score. It had the desired effect as Kane topped the Premier League's assist chart with 14.

He also came top of the goalscoring chart with 23 strikes last season and Hoddle believes it's testament to his ability that he was able to master two different jobs.

But now he's not in the best of form, it's down to Spurs' midfield to stand up and be counted, starting against Leeds on Sunday.

However, Hoddle has his doubts about whether the likes of Giovani Lo Celso and Tanguy Ndombele have enough of an understanding of the game to improve things.

"Kane came deeper last season and he was fantastic," Hoddle told talkSPORT Breakfast. "He was like a no.10 and a no.9, he was doing two roles and doing them expertly well.

"He thought he was going [to Manchester City] but he didn't and mentally you've got to overcome that and that's where I think he is at the moment.

"Harry will be back to his best, there's no doubt about that. In one year's time you've got the World Cup, he will get back to his best once he's mentally back in a Spurs shirt.

"The other players in the squad have got to come to the fore. Playing as a no.9 and a no.10, he got more assists than anyone in the league and he scored the goals as well so the other players have got to pick him up this season and take him to another level.

"When he was at his very, very best he didn't have to come back as a no.10 as he had Christian Eriksen, a player who was creating. He's now having to come back, create and do two jobs.

"Their midfield is not right. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is an excellent holding midfielder but then you've got to have midfield creativity.

"Lo Celso and Ndombele have got to improve, I don't see them as players that are going to be consistent, that are going to create, that know the game - in many ways they don't understand the game as I see it.

"Ndombele's got wonderful skills but he's a player that's too much off-the-cuff. He can do wonderful things with a football but we all used to do that in the playground - there's no shape when you're playing there."

A return to form for Alli would ease the workload on Kane and Hoddle issued some advice to the struggling 25-year-old.

"I'd ask him what he thought his best asset is as a midfielder player - I'd like him to give me the answer," Hoddle added.

"If he didn't know I'd explain to him but I think he'd say 'I'm a goalscoring midfield player', that's what I'd want him to say. That was when he was at his very best. He'd pick off where Harry Kane would make runs and he'd go into areas into the box.

"He was a bit like David Platt, he was a box threat forever, he'd score goals… Dele Alli's not someone who can play deeper, you can play through him. He's got to keep the ball better.

"His major asset for me is getting into the box. A few seasons ago it was all working when Christian Eriksen was in the side and that's where I feel Spurs are missing out at the moment. If Eriksen didn't find Kane, he'd find Alli and he'd get the goals."