When he moved last summer from Tottenham in England to Bayern Munich in Germany, Harry Kane was hoping to win titles, and he expressed this by saying, “I want to play in the Champions League and fight for titles. My goal is to win all the trophies that we are competing for,” but the wind turned against him. What the England national football team striker desires.
Kane has bid farewell to the local Cup and Super Cup, and Bayern is in second place in the German League (Bundesliga), while Tottenham leads the English Premier League.
In 15 matches, Bayern wasted two of the four titles they were competing for this season. They lost the Super Cup to Leipzig (0-3) in Kane’s first appearance, as Dani Olmo’s historic hat-trick prevented the English player – who came on as a substitute in the 64th minute while trailing by a score. 0-2- from winning the first title in his career.
The second setback
Yesterday, Wednesday, Harry Kane received his second shock in the Copa Contra match against humble Saarbrücken, who is ranked 15th in the German third division, and who beat Bayern 2-1 in the German Cup.
Kane had one excuse, which was that he did not participate in the match and remained on the bench, as Tuchel – who had not exhausted the five changes – preferred to save his efforts for the El Clásico match the day after tomorrow, Saturday, against Borussia Dortmund.
Tuchel commented on the reasons for Kane’s absence from participating against Saarbrücken, saying, “He felt pain in his hamstring before the match. We had one change that we could make, and I wanted to wait until extra time, and I wanted to check if everyone could play until the end.”
Despite the loss of the two titles, Bayern and Kane still have the opportunity to make amends in the Champions League. He also occupies second place in the German League, two points behind the surprising Bayer Leverkusen led by Xabi Alonso, but the irony is that his former team, Tottenham, which has not won any title since 2008. – He is the leader in the English Premier League after 10 rounds.
But Harry Kane’s consolation – which may be mitigated by Bayern’s resounding fall – is his scoring a hat-trick in the 8-0 win against Darmstadt, and being the first player to score 12 goals in his first 10 matches in the history of the German League.
The former Tottenham player contributed 21 goals, scoring 14 goals and making 7 assists in the 13 matches he played with Bayern so far, but he has not won any title yet.