A Ballon d’Or winner stays put in Munich
Harry Kane has put pen to paper on a new Bayern Munich contract that runs until the summer of 2029. The England captain, 33, signed the extension a month after becoming the first Englishman to win the Ballon d’Or in 25 years.
“I feel right at home at FC Bayern,” Kane told the club’s website. “My whole family is very happy here. I was keen to stay.” He added that he wants “to win many more titles with this great club.” Sky Germany reports his new salary is at least €25 million gross a year, about £20.9 million.
The numbers behind the decision are hard to argue with. Kane has scored 156 goals in 161 games since leaving Tottenham in 2023. Last season he reached 73 for club and country, six of them at the World Cup, and he has taken the Bundesliga Golden Boot in each of his three years in Germany. The European Golden Shoe has gone to him twice.
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What the deal says about Bayern’s thinking
Bayern do not usually open talks with players this far into their thirties. A Bayern director told Sky Sports News as much, but Kane has been the exception. Sky’s Michael Bridge said the striker “has a lot more left in the tank” and that the family has settled in Munich, where Kane gets the privacy he wants.
The trophy cabinet is filling too. Kane has two Bundesliga titles, last season’s German Cup and the German Super Cup in each of the last two years. Bayern and manager Vincent Kompany believe they would have gone further in last season’s Champions League had they not met PSG.
There is an England angle as well. Last month Kane matched Peter Shilton’s record by winning his 125th cap, and the upcoming Nations League games give him the chance to move past it on his own.
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