Kane: I needed trophies at Tottenham, however Bayern will make me higher
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arry Kane is satisfied his transfer to Bayern Munich will make him an excellent higher participant and profit England at subsequent summer time’s European Championship.
Kane joined the perennial Bundesliga champions from Tottenham in a deal price a minimum of £100million in July after 9 years at his boyhood membership with out successful a trophy.
The England captain, who’s getting ready for Saturday’s Euros qualifier in opposition to Ukraine in Wroclaw, Poland, has already scored 3 times in as many begins for his new membership and believes taking part in in a extra pressured surroundings will make him a greater participant by Euro 2024, which will likely be held in Germany.
“I believe it will,” Kane mentioned. “Whether I win or not, the decision [to join Bayern] came down to putting me in those situations.
“With Bayern Munich typically we count on them to win as a result of they’ve received [the Bundesliga title] for the final 11 or 12 years or no matter it has been.
“But in my short period there is still a lot of pressure to win these trophies. We have not won the cup for a few years and we have not won the Champions League for a few years, so there is definitely a lot to gain and a lot of pressure to take.
“Time will inform, however for the time being I’m having fun with that feeling.
“It’s definitely a different pressure compared to what I felt at Spurs. Of course we wanted to win things at Spurs but if you went a couple of games without winning then it wasn’t a disaster.
“The feeling at Bayern is that you must win each recreation. We received the primary two video games 4-0 and 3-1 and there was nonetheless speak about not being too completely happy about the way in which we performed. That’s half and parcel of being at one of many greatest golf equipment on this planet.
“Of course, there is no hiding the fact it [silverware] is the one thing missing from my career at the moment and when you have got players in the [England] squad who have won things you want to be part of that as well and have those experiences as well,” Kane added.
“Just the experiences of having title runs and cup runs and hopefully a Champions League run will only add, hopefully, to handling pressure in certain situations. If we are going to win anything with England we are going to have to deal with that.
“Me, being captain, I need to put myself in that place as a lot as doable.”
Over the years, Kane has watched several of his England teammates win the biggest prizes in the game, among them Kyle Walker, who left Spurs for Manchester City in 2017 and has won 13 major honours, including five League titles and the Champions League.
The 30-year-old admitted it occasionally “harm” seeing his colleagues winning silverware and said it motivated him to claim his first club trophies with Bayern.
“As a competitor, when the boys are taking part in the Champions League and I’m simply sitting at residence watching it, I’d be mendacity if I mentioned there wasn’t part of me that harm,” he said.
“Of course, I need them to do effectively — Kyle and all these guys to win when they’re in competitions I’m not in — however part of me needs to have these experiences. With the opposite gamers within the staff having completed that, I’m not certain jealous is the correct phrase, but it surely does inspire me to go on and attempt to push myself in the direction of a few of these trophies the fellows have gotten.”
There was long a suggestion that Kane was reluctant to leave English football while he remained in the hunt for the all-time Premier League scoring record but he left Spurs just 47 goals shy of Alan Shearer’s total of 260.
“I believe there was numerous speak about it and the very fact I used to be getting nearer to it however I’ve by no means been anyone who has chased particular person honours forward of staff awards,” Kane said.
“Ultimately it comes right down to me to see how good I could be and I felt like I needed to be taking part in Champions League soccer and competing for titles annually. Bayern Munich positively provides me that.
“The record of course would be amazing and it might be amazing if one day I do end up breaking it. But it is not why I play football and my move shows that.”
This yr’s Champions League Final will likely be held at Wembley, whereas the European Championship will likely be held in Kane’s new residence, Germany, with Kane acutely aware it might be a script author’s dream if he may do the double with Bayern and England.
“I have been told about the Champions League final in Wembley, for sure, and I know the Euros are in Germany next summer so if there’s someone out there writing a movie, I will try and do my best to make it happen!” Kane mentioned.
“It’s hard. There’s so much time to go I don’t want to think about it too much, but if it did happen it would be incredible.”