Harry Kane has been urged to return to Tottenham at the earliest opportunity, amid claims that the English striker will be “jealous” of the direction the club is heading under the leadership of Ange Postecoglou and suggestions that the player “won’t win a medal” at Bayern Munich.
The 30-year-old, England’s all-time top scorer, left his beloved Spurs in the summer and moved to Bayern to satisfy his desire to finally lift a silver medal and win one of the biggest competitions. Having done a lot for Tottenham, but despite a few shortcuts in his first decade in the first team, he ended up winning nothing, and few would argue against Kane.
With the player keen to continue his career and with only one year left on his contract, Spurs decided to pay him and agreed a deal that, taking into account add-ons, would bring them €100 million (£85.6 million).
With his move to Bayern Munich, Kane has joined a club that has won the Bundesliga title in every season since 2013, the best guarantee that Kane can win some silverware too.
Kane has also adapted quickly to his new surroundings, scoring an impressive 26 goals in 24 appearances so far to help his team to the top of the Bundesliga.
However, their season has taken a slight turn in recent weeks, as Bayern crashed out against lowly Saarbrucken in the DfB Pokal and are now seven points behind Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen in the title race.
Kane to leave Bayern and return to Tottenham
Bayer has never won the Bundesliga in its 119-year history, but it started this season like a train and is still the only unbeaten side in Europe’s top five leagues.
In the 18 games they have played so far, they have recorded 15 wins and three draws, so Bayern will have to work hard if they want to retain the title for the 12th time in a row.
And although Bayern are among the favourites to win the Champions League this season – next month’s round of 16 match against Lazio is on the cards – some are already suggesting that the curse of trophies will see Kane finish the season where he started it: without much recognition.
While that would be very sad for Kane, it is now being suggested – perhaps a little hair-tongued – that Kane should consider a return to the N17 and that he may actually be jealous of the direction his old club is heading in under the leadership of popular Australian boss Ange Postecoglou.
That’s the view of former Premier League striker Chris Sutton, who, speaking to the Daily Mail, thinks both clubs will be envious of the way their seasons are going.
“Listen, I stand by what I said,” Sutton said.
“I think Harry will look at what’s going on at Spurs and watch their brand of football. I think there’s a bit of jealousy in that.”
The England captain was told he “won’t win anything at Bayern
The move to Bavaria was obviously a big break for Kane and his young family, but they felt he had to go through with it for the sake of his career.
For Kane, the move to the Bundesliga and joining one of the biggest clubs in the world, Bayern, therefore felt like a “now or never” moment.
However, journalist Ian Ladyman, who alongside Sutton participated in the podcast, has now joked that Kane should return home.
“Bayern Munich lost again this weekend,” he said. “They lost at home to Werder Bremen and are now seven points behind Leverkusen. Harry, you have to come home!
“Harry, you’re out of the German Cup. You have to go back home.
“You won’t get a medal with Bayern. You have to go home. Go back to Tottenham!”
It is obviously too early to write Bayern off from the race for the Bundesliga, and if Bayern’s recent history is anything to go by, they may yet receive the much-anticipated winner’s medal.
But Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel is aware that his players need to do better and has called for a response to the 1-0 home defeat to Bremen.
“That’s our responsibility,” he joked.
“I’m also tired of saying that we are training well. Nobody believes that anymore.
“I’ve been doing this job long enough to be able to assess whether the training was at the level we want it to be.
“This has really been going on for weeks.”
He continued, “It clearly wasn’t enough.
“For more than 70 minutes I didn’t have the feeling that we were playing to win. I noticed that after the game. There was nothing there.
“In the first half we were extremely static. We lost a lot of the ball, allowed a lot of counter-attacks and were sloppy in possession. A well-deserved defeat!”