A goal, an assist, celebrated by the media: Harry Kane’s debut at FC Bayern in the German Bundesliga could have been much worse. A former Munich nine is even certain that the captain of the English national team will score a few more goals in 2023/24.
“I’m glad they brought in a striker. He guarantees 20, 25 plus goals, which is important for the team. You saw that something was missing after Lewandowski left. You need a clipper,” explained Miroslav Klose, a former FC Bayern scorer as an expert on “Amazon Prime Video”.
On the other hand, the pressure that Kane has felt since his move to Munich is no small either. The German record champions invested more than 100 million euros to free the goal-getter from Tottenham Hotspur. At the age of 30 and a contract that would have expired in the summer of 2024, an almost absurd sum.
Klose, who scored 121 goals (74 assists) in 307 Bundesliga games for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen and Bayern, still believes the investment is worth it.
Kane change to FC Bayern with exceptional position
Kane is “an asset to the Bundesliga,” said Klose: “You can see how firmly and how well placed he can shoot.” The transfer fee of more than 100 million euros is already a number. “I hope he can confirm it. The players have to find him too, it will take a while,” emphasized Klose, who went on the hunt for goals for Bayern Munich from 2007 to 2011.
A look at the statistics shows how big this “number” really is: Until Kane was bought, Lucas Hernández, who switched from Atlético Madrid to FC Bayern in 2019 for around 80 million euros, was the most expensive deal in the German football upper house. Third place, Matthijs de Ligt, who moved to Säbener Straße in 2022 for 67 million euros, even tops Kane by 33 million euros. And that before bonus payments were due.