"If you asked Harry Kane eight years ago 'do you think you'll end up at Bayern Munich?' He would probably have said no. Maybe a Manchester United, maybe a Manchester City, maybe even a Real Madrid or a Barcelona, but I wouldn't think Bayern Munich would have been in his top half-a-dozen teams that he would have envisaged playing at."
"Owen makes it seem like Kane settled for a provincial team in the Kazakh 3rd division, not one of the biggest names in the sport. Here, he seems to assume that Kane has the same narrow view of football that Owen clearly holds. Harry Kane would have to be a grade A idiot to not include Bayern Munich as one of the top five destinations in his career."
"However, Manchester United were really struggling at the time, so do you want to go to a club that are looking like they aren't going to win much? I don't know if they had the money as well. Manchester City had already just bought [Erling] Haaland. [Kylian] Mbappe was signing for Real Madrid, at a certain point again when he could have left. [robert] Lewandowski at Barcelona. It needs to be a perfect storm."
Michael Owen warned Real Madrid and FC Barcelona to be wary of signing Harry Kane, calling him 'dead money'. Owen suggested Kane did not originally want Bayern Munich and implied the move happened because other top destinations were unavailable. The critique described moves to Manchester United or Manchester City as preferable options and characterized Bayern as an unlikely destination for Kane. The critique contained factual errors about timelines, including a mistaken claim that Manchester City had already signed Erling Haaland eight years earlier. The point about negotiation timelines noted that Bayern had been in talks with Kane well before the transfer materialized.
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