If you were hoping that Harry Kane, after winning the Ballon d’Or, would return from his few years in Germany for a triumphant reunion with Tottenham Hotspur, the club that brought him up through the academy and nurtured him on his way to the very top of the sport, well I have some bad news. According to David Ornstein, Kane has signed a new contract at Bayern Munich that will not only keep him sprechen sie Deutsch until 2029 when he turns 36, but will make him to top-earning player in Europe.
Bayern’s the rare superclub that doesn’t go absolutely bat[country] insane with their finances — they can offer tons of cash to players for both wages and transfer fees but generally we don’t see ginormous contracts for Bayern players compared to, say, PSG, Barcelona, or Real Madrid. So making the extension 33-year-old Harry Kane the most lucrative deal in Bayern history says a lot.
Not that there was ever a chance that he was going to return to Tottenham Hotspur this summer (or likely ever) — this is a deal that’s been very publicly in the works for weeks now and it’s certainly not a surprise that he’s decided to extend his stay in Munich for three more seasons.
In Ornstein’s Athletic article about the new contract, he quotes Kane saying that this was more or less a foregone conclusion — just hammering out the details.
“I’m extremely happy, but as always, I want to be competing for the best trophies, the biggest trophies, I want to be playing for a team that’s challenging for the top honors. And that’s exactly where I feel I am right now. We have an amazing team, great coach, great staff, everyone pushing in the right direction. So for me, it was not much thought into it.
“We signed the contract yesterday, but to be honest, the decision was pretty much made quite a long time ago. We didn’t want to talk too much during the World Cup. We wanted to focus on that, but from when we come back and started discussions with everyone here, I knew I was going to sign.”
I mean when you put it THAT way, Harry… where would you rather be, a club where you can compete for Champions League titles, or a club that’s trying to put the pressure on for a Euro Conference League spot?
Honestly, I’m happy for him. He’s risen from a kid who flopped on loan at Norwich to become Spurs’ all-time leading scorer, playing for one of the best teams in Europe, and a Ballon d’Or winner. But that won’t stop me from bringing back the “Kane falling over” bit — some things are too important to fully let go.
