Munich (Germany) (AFP) – The England captain, Harry Kane, arrived in Munich on Friday to undergo a medical examination prior to his very probable signing for Bayern, in an operation that will exceed 100 million euros (110 million euros). dollars), confirmed an AFP photographer.
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Kane landed at Oberpfaffenhofen airport, on the western outskirts of Munich, at around 7:10 p.m. local time (5:10 p.m. GMT), and then arrived shortly before 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. GMT) in the center of the Bavarian capital, there to undergo examination. doctor in a clinic.
The flight was initially scheduled for the morning, but was delayed for several hours.
According to German and English media, Tottenham and Bayern reached an agreement on Thursday for a transfer for four seasons, until June 2027. The player gave his approval to the operation on Thursday night.
To the cost of the transfer of 100 million euros another 10 million euros would be added in bonuses. Kane’s salary at Bayern, according to the German press, would be around 25 million euros (27.3 million dollars).
“From what I understand, it’s advanced to the point that it looks like it’s going to happen,” Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou said on Friday, considering the transfer “imminent”.
With Kane, Bayern seems to find a replacement for Robert Lewandowski, who was their star attacker and top scorer for eight seasons, until his departure last year for FC Barcelona.
The Englishman, who has just entered his thirties, would wear the number 9 at Bayern, the one that Lewandowski left free and that nobody wore last season.
The ‘Prince Harry’ Paradox
In the past season, Bayern convinced themselves that they did not need to cover the great gap that Lewandowski left free, but they had to surrender to the evidence. Injuries to Cameroonian Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting slowed him down in the season finale and he nearly failed to retain his Bundesliga crown.
Finally, Bayern was able to win an eleventh consecutive German league thanks to a goal in the 89th minute of the last day, at the end of May, leaving Borussia Dortmund with honey on their lips.
Kane is the top scorer in the history of the English team, since his 54th goal -one more than Wayne Rooney-, achieved on March 23 in Naples against Italy. He later raised that tally to 58 goals.
In England he is an idol, although the great paradox is that ‘Prince Harry’ has not yet been able to lead the national team to a great international title.
He was the top scorer at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the best assister at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where England lost to France in the quarterfinals. It was at Euro 2020, played in 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic, where the English touched glory, but fell on penalties in the final against Italy at Wembley in London.
Kane has all the qualities typical of top-level scorers: strong in the air, he’s a real fox in the box and he’s not clumsy with his left foot. He is distinguished from the classic N.9s by his ability to participate in the construction of attacking plays. His vision of the game makes him a very complete footballer.
Tottenham, his training club since 2004, have enjoyed him for almost two decades. He has spent 17 seasons with the ‘Spurs’, where he made the leap to professionalism in January 2011.
He is also the top scorer in the history of that club, with 280 goals, and the second highest scorer in the history of the Premier League, with 213 goals, only surpassed by Alan Shearer’s 260. But as is the case with the national team, he did not win trophies with Tottenham, which was runner-up in the Premier League in 2017 and the European Champions League in 2019.
Kane could even enter the squad for the German Super Cup on Saturday against RB Leipzig. If he closes the signing of him by Bayern before that tournament, he could lift a first trophy with the Munich team 24 hours after his arrival.
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2023-08-11 19:22:06
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