A few hours before the Supercup duel with FC Bayern (8.45 p.m./live on Sat.1 and Sky), Leipzig’s sports director Max Eberl congratulated the Munich team on the Harry Kane transfer that has now been completed. He attaches strategic value to the personnel, which will help German football as a whole. “I think that’s an approach that’s good for our Bundesliga’s image advertising,” said Eberl, 49, of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
With the commitment of Harry Kane, 30, who has previously worked at Tottenham Hotspur, the Bundesliga will be enriched by one of the defining figures in world football. This means that the German market is attracting even more attention. “Harry Kane is the captain of the England national team and one of the Premier League’s all-time leading goalscorers… Access like that brings prestige to the league.”
The sports director of Leipzig explained that “both purchases and sales for the Bundesliga are an exclamation mark”. “The Jude Bellingham transfer from Dortmund (to Real Madrid) was also good for the Bundesliga – as were the transfers from Christopher Nkunku and Josko Gvardiol from RB Leipzig to England,” said Eberl I RB Leipzig, responsible for making the Bundesliga more attractive.”
Leipzig coach Marco Rose, 46, had already congratulated Munich on the Kane transfer the evening before. Kane is “a great player who knows exactly where the goal is. The Bundesliga can look forward to a world-class player.”
Kane was confirmed as Bayern’s arrival on Saturday morning. With a transfer fee of more than 100 million euros, he is by far the most expensive signing in the 60-year history of the Bundesliga.
