Lothar Matthäus was recently impressed by the idea that FC Bayern could force star striker Harry Kane to sign. Now the world footballer from 1991 has done it again.
According to the 61-year-old, who himself won the championship seven times with FC Bayern, signing the English national team captain in the summer of 2023 makes “absolute sense”.
Opposite to “picture“Matthäus explained why Kane would mean another enrichment for FC Bayern – alongside the other offensive stars in the squad like Sadio Mané, Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Coman or Leroy Sané.
Kane has “both the quality and the mentality for FC Bayern. And with the return of a true centre-forward, Julian Nagelsmann would really have all the options in this top squad,” said the 1990 world champion, fully convinced by the Tottenham Hotspur striker.
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At the same time, Matthäus also referred to the risk that a commitment of the English top scorer would entail. There is “the danger of unrest in the team” if Bayern actually bring the next superstar into the team.
Should FC Bayern actually want to return to a system variant with a central point in the medium future, Matthäus does not see the necessary quality in a striker from the current squad to hold the nine-man position in the long term.
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Backup Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is “a good player”, explained Matthäus, “but doesn’t have the quality” as, for example, Robert Lewandowski, who moved to FC Barcelona.
“It would be asking too much for him to contest the position as first choice,” emphasized the record German international.
The rumors about a Kane change to FC Bayern had recently persisted. “It’s being overplayed at the moment. I don’t think Oliver Kahn is forcing him to sign up. You can all shift down a gear. There’s nothing to it,” said sports director Hasan Salihamidzic to “tz”.