He looks back on this transfer with great pride!
Last summer, FC Bayern signed superstar Harry Kane (30) from Tottenham Hotspur for a record sum of almost 100 million euros – also thanks to the intransigence of coach Thomas Tuchel (50).
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This is how Tuchel really feels about the Kane transfer
At his last press conference as Bayern coach before the game at TSG Hoffenheim (3:30 p.m.), Tuchel said: “To this day I am very proud and very happy that I was unyielding on the subject of Harry Kane. I infected Brazzo (Hasan Salihamidzic; editor’s note) with the fire and did everything I could to get to know him personally early on. I’m glad I stuck with it in the transfer committee.”
Further: “It’s not the case that you say wishes and others say ‘No, we’ll do exactly the opposite.’ This is always a factual exchange with the aim of improving the team. Of course there can be different opinions, but that’s not a problem.”
However, these statements from the coach about Kane’s signing come as a bit of a surprise! Reports emerged in the summer that, if in doubt, Tuchel would have preferred a new six, a holding six, to a transfer of the Englishman.
Harry Kane moved from Tottenham to FC Bayern last summer for a fee of 100 million euros
Photo: Tom Weller/dpa
During the summer preparation in Singapore at the beginning of August, Tuchel said: “We don’t have a real defensive six who thinks very defensively, who makes sure nothing happens back there, who is more concerned with protecting their own defense.”
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Back then, Tuchel didn’t want to unnecessarily heat up the poker around his dream striker, before the Englishman had moved to the German record champions and scored 44 goals in 45 games in his debut season for Bayern and added twelve more goals.
And: Bayern had already been interested in the Englishman long before Tuchel (came in March 2023), Salihamidzic had already negotiated with Kane’s family and brother.
However, the striker will miss the last game of the season against Hoffenheim due to injury. Tuchel: “He is abroad and receiving medical treatment from his personal doctor. He can’t go with you. It was already borderline in Madrid and we tried injections and treatments. The back has completely closed, it has gotten worse and it keeps breaking up in everyday movements.”
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This means that the English international striker can no longer break the record set by ex-Bayern star Robert Lewandowski (35/FC Barcelona), who scored 41 goals in the 2020/2021 season. Kane currently has 36 goals.
At the season finale, Tuchel will have to do without numerous other professionals alongside Kane. Leroy Sané (28), Jamal Musiala (21), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (35) and Raphael Guerreiro (30) are also out. Sacha Boey is not in the squad after the death of his grandmother.
2024-05-18 09:03:01
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