Harry Kane was able to dress up his move to Bayern Munich in 2023 as a desire to experience something new, but, really, the switch from north London to Bavaria depicted the striker’s desperation to fill a blank on his résumé.
Kane had given Tottenham Hotspur his all. An academy graduate written off when he first emerged among the seniors, with Rafael van der Vaart later admitting he thought a teenage Kane was “useless”, subsequently became the face of the club’s most prosperous era in decades.
The striker grew with Mauricio Pochettino’s exciting Lilywhites, then held the club afloat amid an identity crisis in the aftermath of the Argentine’s demise. Kane became Spurs’ all-time record goalscorer in early 2023, just before Antonio Conte’s tenure came to an explosive halt, and the Italian’s project was deemed the last their great striker would buy into.
He was done with rebuilds and a potential fairytale. He wanted a guarantee to quench his silverware thirst. Where better than Bayern Munich, who entered the 2023–24 season having won 11 consecutive Bundesliga titles?
