ALL English eyes were connected Harry Kane this week arsenic helium bagged a brace successful Bayern Munich’s Champions League grudge lucifer against Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen.
Xabi Alonso’s broadside were the latest ones to make Kane hold for that elusive archetypal large rubric of his vocation erstwhile they ended Munich’s decennary of home supremacy past term.
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Kane’s treble connected Wednesday nighttime inspired Bayern Munich to a 3-0 triumph successful the Champions League past 16, putting them successful bully stead for advancing past their German counterparts successful Europe’s elite competition.
But irrespective of what happens successful adjacent week’s 2nd leg, determination seems thing that tin forestall that German rubric medal going circular his cervix wrong a fewer weeks.
Bayern are 8 points – efficaciously 9 fixed their hugely amended extremity quality – wide of Leverkusen with 10 games to play.
And their remaining opponents including six of the bottommost 8 and lone Mainz and Leipzig successful the apical six.
It means Kane is connected people to laic that bogey to remainder – and deliberation astir the OTHER main nine extremity of his career.
That would beryllium for him to overhaul Alan Shearer’s Prem grounds tally of 260 goals – and perchance acceptable a people that mightiness NEVER be broken.
Kane scored 213 goals successful 320 apical formation games for Spurs earlier his £100m determination to Bavaria successful 2023, meaning helium is conscionable 47 goals down Shearer’s tally – acceptable successful 441 appearances for Blackburn and Newcastle.
Despite his awesome stats astatine Bayern, with 57 goals successful 58 Bundesliga appearances and 73 successful 78 matches successful each competitions, Kane is not universally popular, being questioned implicit his publication extracurricular the 18-yard container and successful the “big” games.
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Last month, claims that helium mightiness beryllium disposable this summertime if a nine matched his £67m merchandise clause were not denied.
That looked to unfastened the doorway to a Prem return. So wherever could Kane, who turns 32 successful July, go?
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A instrumentality to N17 would beryllium the imagination of Spurs fans – adjacent if the nine splashed retired £65m to onshore Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth past summer.
Kane became Tottenham’s all-time grounds scorer successful his last play astatine the Lane, ending connected 280 goals from 435 games arsenic helium went past Jimmy Greaves’ mark.
Many Spurs fans stay convinced they would person been playing Champions League football this play if the nine had enactment religion successful Ange Postecoglou moving his magic with Kane in the broadside – adjacent if that would person risked him leaving for thing past summer.
Kane was hopeless to onshore silverware with Tottenham – helium spent astir 2 decades astatine the nine and volition ever beryllium “one of our own”.
But Kane also felt fto down by Daniel Levy erstwhile his projected determination to Manchester City fell done successful 2021 and it is unclear if helium would see a instrumentality to the nine portion the existent hierarchy are successful place.
Or if Spurs would beryllium consenting to conscionable that asking price.
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Unthinkable, surely.
Kane knows however Sol Campbell is remembered by Tottenham fans aft helium walked retired connected the nine to articulation the Gunners successful 2001 – and adjacent if it was not a nonstop swap helium would hazard destroying his reputation.
But 1 of the astir celebrated pictures of the young Kane was him wearing an Arsenal garment and celebrating the “Invincibles” and their 2004 triumph – erstwhile the Prem was won astatine White Hart Lane.
He was besides connected Arsenal’s books arsenic a youngster, released aft a twelvemonth successful their academy astatine the property of 9 and who was past picked up by Watford earlier joining Spurs successful 2004.
Despite that, Kane has ever insisted helium grew up arsenic a Spurs instrumentality successful a Spurs-supporting family.
And Arsenal supporters loathed him with a passionateness erstwhile helium scored extremity aft extremity against them – accusing him of each sorts of nefarious activities due to the fact that helium was truthful streetwise connected top.
Yet Arsenal’s request for a due No 9 has go a moving gag successful the crippled – adjacent much than antecedently this season.
There is nary amended authentic enactment person than Kane, adjacent into his aboriginal 30s.
Can you ideate however overmuch delight determination would beryllium from the Gooners if that happened?
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Kane (left) celebrated Arsenal’s invincible play dressed successful afloat kit
Kane (front row, acold left) besides spent a twelvemonth connected the books astatine Arsenal arsenic a kidCHELSEA
When Mauricio Pochettino was unveiled arsenic Chelsea brag successful 2023, the spectre of Kane following him into Stamford Bridge near galore Spurs fans suffering nightmares.
Barely 18 months connected and Pochettino is agelong gone.
But Chelsea’s request for a totemic cardinal striker who tin besides beryllium a creator ultimate has not gone away.
The caller Chelsea transportation attack nether Todd Boehly has been focused connected young players, semipermanent deals and imaginable aboriginal income value.
That would not beryllium a concern with Kane, who has possibly 4 seasons astatine the apical level near successful his locker, with small oregon nary sell-on worth adjacent aft a mates of campaigns.
While it is hard to envisage Kane wearing Arsenal’s reddish shirt, the animosity towards Chelsea from Spurs fans is obscurity adjacent arsenic beardown – adjacent if it is arguably adjacent deeper the different way, with galore Blues supporters viewing Tottenham arsenic their REAL rival.
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United wheeled retired the large guns to effort to lure Kane on astatine slightest 2 occasions successful the past.
Gary Neville’s infamous play people video interrogation caused large issues astatine boardroom level successful N17, with choler done the roof.
Both times, contempt the opportunities, Kane refused the invitation – making it wide that helium was committed to Tottenham archetypal clip circular and past efficaciously choosing City connected the adjacent occasion.
That Kane would see going to a United successful a authorities of utter flux now, if helium does privation to permission Germany, is adjacent harder to imagine.
But United’s request for idiosyncratic who truly could marque a quality is unquestioned, with fans looking astatine Rasmus Hojlund’s statistic and shaking their heads astatine the Dane.
Likewise for Sir Jim Ratcliffe, landing Kane would beryllium a game-changer.
Remember however Robin van Persie was signed arsenic Sir Alex Ferguson’s past play “present” to occurrence United to the title.
They person not won it since but if Kane has got the silverware monkey disconnected his backmost astatine Bayern, helium mightiness beryllium capable to enactment a occurrence astatine Old Trafford.
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