Premiere for the Bayern striker
What world star Harry Kane is particularly looking forward to now
December 21, 2023, 8:41 a.m
Bayern Munich is only in second place in the Bundesliga. But optimism prevails on Säbener Strasse. Also because they have goalscorer Harry Kane. The captain of the English national team is on course for a record, but is now looking forward to what he has never had before.
“Beach Boy” Harry Kane from Bayern Munich declared war on Bayer Leverkusen before the start of the Christmas holidays. “We want to push ourselves to our limits. We just have to keep trying to get better,” said the star striker after the mandatory win in the last game of the year at VfL Wolfsburg: “As I keep saying, I have the feeling that we can do even more have in the tank.”
After the 2-1 (2-1) win at Wolves, Bayern go into next year four points behind Leverkusen, but the record champions still have a catch-up game to play against Union Berlin. “I still have the feeling that we can get to another level,” said Kane, who scored his 21st goal of the season against Wolfsburg with a dream goal, as a warning to Leverkusen: “We can’t control what they can do. All we can do is keep putting pressure on them. There’s still a long way to go. We’re not even halfway there yet.”
Kane “couldn’t be happier” with his start in Germany, said the Englishman. Due to the loss of the game against Union Berlin due to weather, Bayern have only played 15 games this season. Which makes Kane’s 21 goals even more impressive. He is now only 20 goals short of Robert Lewandowski’s record, who broke Gerd Müller’s record of the century with 41 goals in 2020/2021. Back then, Lewandowski scored every 60 minutes, Kane currently needs 63 minutes per goal.
Does the Harry Kane curse really exist?
The former Tottenham Hotspur star has yet to win a title with a club in his career. The striker’s misfortune is so bad that some people have even coined the term “Harry Kane curse” for it. In his first appearance for FC Bayern in August, the record champions gave away the Super Cup title to RB Leipzig, and they were later eliminated from the cup against Saarbrücken. That leaves the Bundesliga and Champions League. They are still on track in both competitions. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a curse. The year 2024 will show all of this.
However, this is currently still a thing of the future. After all these years in the Premier League, Kane is now looking forward to his very first winter break. “I can’t wait, to be honest. I’m really looking forward to it,” said Kane, who has previously lived in Munich without his wife Katie and their four children: “Now it’s about spending some time with them “To go to a warm place for a few nice days.”
Kane will have some fun while on vacation. “I’ll send all my friends in England a picture of me on the beach when they’re playing,” he said, referring to the island’s traditional Boxing Day: “It’ll be fun.”