After winning over Bayern’s hardcore support, the prolific Engländer has led the charge to the Bundesliga title One has often wondered what Harry Kane could do to upset his adoring public in Germany and in the days before he won the Bundesliga – his first major career trophy at last after final heartbreaks with Tottenham and England – we almost found out. After Kane received the yellow card against Augsburg that kept him in the stands for Bayern Munich’s title-clinching victory at RB Leipzig on Saturday, a Bild editorial told him off (though a visibly annoyed Kane suggested the referee, Bastian Dankert, had been “trying to make a name for himself” after the harsh booking, issued when the striker did not return the ball quickly enough after being whistled for a foul). Yet if the feeling may be that it could only happen to him, time will render it a minor detail. Kane’s Bayern destiny has been fulfilled, and no apparent jinx could get in the way this time. Bayer Leverkusen’s draw at Freiburg on Sunday put them out of reach. On the day he signed in August 2023 Munich was balmy, in terms of weather and mood. It was the morning of Bayern’s DFL-Supercup game against RB Leipzig and as the thermometers crept above 30C, hot and bothered fans queued outside the multiple Bayern fan shops in the city centre with the aim of getting their hands on one item: the new, white-with-red-trim home jersey with “Kane 9” on the back. The red-on-white, multi-lined font of name and number – a throwback to the figures adorning the backs of Bayern’s 1974 European Cup winners – hinted at a new era of glory. Continue reading...