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A Guardian columnist says the Kane tributes risked losing their meaning.

The Guardian’s Barney Ronay described the buildup to Kane’s record cap as packed with tributes, montages and features, to the point that repetition risked draining them of meaning. He invoked semantic satiation: when something is repeated so often that it stops landing. Ronay also said the Ballon d’Or validated Kane’s career and that Kane seized his 126th appearance with a goal. In his telling, the fatigue was in the buildup—not the moment itself.

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