England captain Harry Kane accomplished his transfer to Bayern Munich from Tottenham on August 12 in soccer’s greatest switch of the summer time because the striker goes seeking the primary main trophies in his profession.
The switch payment for Kane may hit greater than 100 million kilos ($110 million), which breaks the Bundesliga switch report and is a big sum for a participant who would have been out of contract subsequent 12 months.
“It’s not a goodbye because you never know how things pan out in the future,” Kane, who has been at Tottenham since 2004, stated in a video message, “but it’s a thank you and I’ll see you soon.”
Kane, who has signed a four-year deal, flew to Munich on August 11 to bear a medical examination and is ready to be offered to followers on the German Super Cup on Saturday, when Bayern performs Leipzig.
Kane leaves Tottenham after 19 years on the membership, the place he grew to become the second highest-scoring participant in Premier League historical past — with 213 targets, 47 behind Alan Shearer — however by no means gained a trophy with the workforce.
“Obviously a lot of emotions going through me right now,” Kane stated, “and sad to be leaving the club I’ve spent nearly 20 years of my life at, from an 11-year-old boy to a 30-year-old man now.”
“I felt like this was the time to leave,” he added, “I didn’t want to go into the season with a lot of unresolved future talk.”
The reported payment for Kane would simply break the Bundesliga switch report set when Bayern signed French defender Lucas Hernández from Atletico Madrid in 2019.
Bayern president Herbert Hainer stated Kane can be a “real asset to the entire Bundesliga.”
“We’re very happy about this top-quality new arrival,” Hainer stated. “The transfer required tenacity, bite and perseverance — my compliments to all those involved in these negotiations at FC Bayern.”
Kane will give a central focus in assault to a Bayern workforce which has struggled to adapt since promoting Robert Lewandowski to Barcelona a 12 months in the past.
In Bayern’s announcement, Kane added he is “very happy” to be on the perennially profitable membership.
“Bayern is one of the biggest clubs in the world, and I’ve always said that I want to compete and prove myself at the highest level during my career. This club is defined by its winning mentality — it feels very good to be here,” he stated.
As for Tottenham, Kane’s departure would depart a gap within the squad forward of its first recreation of the brand new Premier League season, in opposition to Brentford on Sunday. It would require restructuring a workforce which is already reeling from the failure to qualify for any European competitors this season, however new supervisor Ange Postecoglou stated Friday he had been getting ready for that and that Kane’s imminent departure “at least gives us some clarity.”
“We have been planning for this, it’s fair to say, for a while,” he stated. “This doesn’t change things dramatically from my perspective anyway for what we are trying to build.”
Kane scored 30 Premier League targets for Tottenham final season. No different participant within the workforce scored greater than 10.
The closest he got here to profitable main honours was in 2019 when Spurs had been overwhelmed by Liverpool within the Champions League remaining.
Kane has repeatedly been linked with strikes to main golf equipment within the Premier League and Europe, however Tottenham has at all times resisted makes an attempt to lure him away, largely as a result of he was tied to a six-year contract, which was signed in 2018.
In 2021, Tottenham blocked curiosity from Manchester City, regardless of Kane indicating he was prepared to depart. But with Kane set to turn out to be a free agent on the finish of the season, Spurs risked shedding him for nothing subsequent summer time.
Kane’s arrival marks a symbolic second for the Bundesliga, which misplaced some well-known names final 12 months as Lewandowski headed to Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund bought Erling Haaland to Manchester City.