On the back of Michael Owen’s criticism of Harry Kane for leaving the Premier League and potentially abandoning his chance at becoming the league’s all time top goalscorer, the England captain defended his decision to join Bayern Munich, emphasising his desire to win titles. Hoping to provide decorum, former Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder, Dietmar Hamann, weighed in on the altercation between Owen and Kane, pinning it down to a disagreement of philosophies.
“I heard what Michael Owen said the
other day, that he didn’t understand why Kane’s gone to Germany, and obviously he sees it from a striker’s perspective. I think he’s still 40 or 50 goals short of that Premier League record. If he’d stayed, he probably would have broken it. For me, a trophy would always be a lot more important than individual honours,” said the 52-year-old football pundit (via @iMiaSanMia). “I’ve never been a goalscorer, but if you say to me, ‘You can be the Premier League all-time top scorer’, or ‘You have two, three, five trophies in the cabinet at the end of your career’, I would always take the trophies over individual honours. That wouldn’t be a question for me.”
Every individual footballer is different. Some value individual success, others value team triumphs. There is no right answer. Either way, Bayern fans will be ecstatic Kane chose to come to Munich to win titles. Let’s hope when he decides to leave, it’s with a full trophy cabinet.
