For his first day in his new colors of Bayern Munich, Harry Kane made his debut at the Allianz Arena in front of 75,000 spectators, but he will still have to wait for a first trophy, after the correction inflicted by Leipzig on the Munich residents in the Supercup (3- 0), Saturday.
If the negotiations between Tottenham and Bayern started several weeks ago took a long time to succeed, the captain of the England team lived his first twenty-four Bavarian hours at a hundred miles an hour.
He arrived Friday evening around 7:00 p.m., then had his medical examination in stride. His contract signed overnight from Friday to Saturday, he then carried out the traditional communication procedures for the Bayern site, with photos and a quick interview.
The formalization of his transfer to Bayern barely sent on Saturday mid-morning, he put on his crampons for a first training session on the grounds of Säbener Strasse, the Munich headquarters.
And at the start of the evening, he headed to the Allianz Arena, which is on the German Super Cup team sheet, on the bench to start.
Acclaimed during the warm-up before the start of the match, he entered the game in the 64th minute. But he could not do anything to avoid the defeat of Bayern, corrected by Leipzig and the hat-trick of Dani Olmo (3-0).
“Obviously, I start directly with the Supercup and I hope to play part of it,” Kane told the Bayern website after the announcement of his transfer.
The freshly 30-year-old (he celebrated his 30th birthday at the end of July) will not have succeeded in unlocking his title counter with the anecdotal German Supercup, he who has so far never won anything in selection or in a club. All the paradox of “Prince Harry”, adored across the Channel.
Top scorer in the history of the Three Lions since March (he currently has 58 goals), Kane is a brilliant striker who made Tottenham history (280 goals) and leaves England in second place among the Premier’s top scorers. League (213 goals), behind Alan Shearer (260).
He finished top scorer in the 2018 World Cup and best passer in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but the English course had stopped in the half and quarters. It was at Euro-2021 that he came closest to a title, with a final lost on penalties against Italy at Wembley.
A product of Tottenham’s roster, where he started in 2004 and turned pro in 2011, Kane has spent 17 of his last 19 years with Spurs, but he has always failed in the quest for a title.
He has a Champions League final lost in 2019 against Liverpool (2-0), two defeats in the League Cup final (2015 and 2021) and a second place in the Premier League in 2017, but never a coronation.
Fearsome in the aerial game, fox surfaces, not clumsy with the left foot, Kane is nevertheless distinguished from the classic N.9 by his ability to pick up to participate in the construction of the offensive phases.
With Kane, Bayern have put in a lot of effort to find Robert Lewandowski’s replacement, more than a year after the departure of their Polish goal machine for eight seasons from 2014 to 2022.
According to the German press, the amount of the transaction amounts to 100 million euros plus 10 million in bonuses, which makes the English centre-forward the most expensive rookie in Bayern and the Bundesliga.
After a complicated end to the season (elimination in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and the German Cup, 11th consecutive title of champion secured in the 89th minute of the last day), the Munich residents quickly set their sights on Kane to replace the void left by “Lewy”.
Kane, who has averaged more than 30 goals per season since 2014/15 (top scorer in the 2017 calendar year (56 goals), top scorer in the Premier League three times), will also evolve with the N.9 by Lewandowski, which no Bayern player had worn in the 2022/23 season.
Deprived of the last four of the Champions League for the past three seasons, the six-time winner of the Champions League (1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020) hope to regain their splendor and offer Kane the brilliance he deserves on his list.
