Michael Owen still believes was wrong to leave for despite his outstanding start to the new season.
After much speculation, Kane left his beloved Spurs for Bayern in August in a deal worth £100million, with his boyhood club opting to cash in rather than lose their talisman for free next summer when his contract would have expired.
Though many expected the captain to continue scoring for fun in Germany, it has still been a surprise to see just how well he is doing, with taking his tally to 11 in just 12 games.
However, , believes that the 30-year-old believes that the move will only be justified if Bayern win the Champions League.
‘Harry Kane is an unbelievable player and it shouldn’t be a surprise he’s still playing well, that’s just a given. He’s such a wonderful talent,’ the Liverpool hero told .
‘But I don’t agree with his move from Spurs to Bayern, as I said at the time. He should have stayed at Spurs for another year. If he was so desperate to leave and to win trophies, then he could easily have then had the world in his hands by going on a Bosman transfer at the end of the season.
‘If Spurs miraculously started playing well and looking like title challengers, he could have always stayed, but regardless he would have had his destiny in his hands and gone to any club he wanted to all while he was getting closer to that Premier League goalscoring record and creating the perfect legacy with the club he’s been at all his life.
‘Bayern are undoubtedly one of the biggest clubs in the world but for me to win a trophy, I don’t think there’s anything really special about going and guaranteeing yourself a Bundesliga trophy. Bayern will win the league with or without Kane, so I don’t think that was particularly a reason to leave.
‘The only thing is that he gets to play in the Champions League, to have a chance of winning but in my book Manchester City will win it and if it’s not them then other teams have a chance too, Bayern being one of them, but City are the standout.
‘I said at the time I didn’t think it was the right thing and I still stick by that. But if he goes and wins the Treble at Bayern, you can say I was wrong, but if he only wins the Bundesliga, then I would feel as strongly as I do now that it wasn’t the right move.’
It was predicted that without their all-time record goalscorer, Spurs would struggle to keep pace with the best in the Premier League, but nine games into the Ange Postecoglou era, they are unbeaten and top of the table by two points.
Some think this supports Owen’s argument that Kane should’ve stayed, but the former striker disagrees, adding: ‘I don’t think that’s that relevant when discussing what Kane should have done because I think everyone accepts it would be lovely for him to win trophies, to showcase himself in a team that had a great chance of winning things.
‘I don’t think even Spurs fans would be blinkered enough to deny him that opportunity, but I just think for him, if I’m being bloody-minded about you as a player and what you want, then I think doing another year at Spurs and then being available for nothing at the end of the year would have been the best move and I don’t think Spurs would have complained.
‘He didn’t cost them anything and you have the most incredible service so there’s no complaints there, you then financially are sorted because you will be going for nothing, so someone is going to be paying you very well anyway.
‘Then you pretty much have your pick of the Manchester Citys or the Manchester Uniteds. City don’t currently need a centre-forward but a lot changes over a year and having the world in your hands as opposed to jumping ship with one year to go was the best move.
‘Personally I think he’s craved to have decisions in his hands for around three or four years now, he probably wishes he didn’t sign a long-term contract and then he could have been more in control of all of his career. All of a sudden with one year to go, after doing the hard yards, I almost felt he buckled at the last moment.’
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