Sports season without a title
Hamann would put Bayern’s Kane transfer to the test
Status: 13.05.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes
“Can we buy shit for ourselves” – Bayern frustration after semi-final exit
After the dramatic exit from the Champions League at Real Madrid, the disbelief at FC Bayern was palpable. In particular, a premature offside whistle in stoppage time heated up Munich’s tempers. Sports director Max Eberl made it clear after the game.
In Harry Kane, FC Bayern Munich once again had a real goalscorer this season – and yet they still didn’t win a title. Expert Didi Hamann is very critical of the transfer.
Despite Harry Kane’s outstanding goal quota, expert Didi Hamann would internally question FC Bayern’s 100 million euro transfer in the summer. “Bayern scored more goals without Kane last year than they have now. It also had its price. That’s a very high salary and it cost over 100 million,” said Hamann on the “Sky90” program and added: “If a Tel had played there, would they necessarily be in a worse position? I don’t blame him at all for it being his fault – of course not.”
The England striker scored 36 goals in 32 Bundesliga games this season, as well as eight goals in the Champions League. “But how many titles have you won?” Hamann asked about the title curse of Kane, who has not yet won a major title in his career. The Munich team will remain without a trophy this season for the first time since the 2011/12 season.
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Hamann is also critical of Kane’s performance in the crucial Champions League games. He wasn’t seen much against Arsenal and Real Madrid, said the former international, for whom the replacement of the top scorer against the new Spanish champions was a key moment: “And then he goes out after 80 minutes because his back is closing . I have to be honest: I have no understanding of that.”
“I didn’t see a player go out”
According to Hamann, he himself has played in teams that have played in many finals and even more semi-finals in his career: “I have not seen a player who was in such an important game – you are ten minutes away from the Champions League final – goes out because the back is closing.” In the 1-2 draw against Real, Bayern lost a 1-0 lead in the final minutes.
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But Hamann does not believe that the record champions will give up Kane in the summer. “That was the star purchase. The club would admit that it was a mistake in quotation marks – you can argue about whether it was a mistake,” said the 50-year-old.
