The start of the 2024/25 Bundesliga campaign is right around the corner for Bayern Munich as they look to get back to their winning ways after going a full season without a piece of silverware for the first time in over a decade last season. The start of competitive matches is even sooner with the first round DFB-Pokal clash at SSV Ulm in what will well and truly be the start of a new era at the club. It will be Vincent Kompany’s first competitive match in charge of the club after taking for Thomas Tuchel, coming off of a preseason friendly record of four wins, one draw, and zero losses.
Collectively, Bayern was far from good enough last season under Tuchel, but that did not spot Harry Kane from scoring goals at will. Of course, the running joke on social media of Harry Kane never being able to win major silverware was extended for another season in what was an incredibly rare trophy-barren season from the Rekordmeister, but he still showed what he was capable of himself last season. He tallied a total of 44 goals and 12 assists from 44 appearances across all competitions en-route to Bayern finish 3rd in the Bundesliga and getting to the Champions League semifinals, where they were ultimately knocked out by Real Madrid.
Looking forward to the 2024/25 campaign, Kane still wants to find he back of the net as often as possible, but he is far more concerned with getting Bayern back to winning titles as they always have done. “I want to keep scoring goals and help the team. But the main goal is to win titles. We have to get Bayern back to winning titles. That’s my goal, that’s the club’s goal. It won’t be easy – but we have a great coach, we have a lot of fresh energy and high intensity in training. You will see that in the games too. I’m very excited to see how it goes,” the England skipper recently told SportBild (via @iMiaSanMia).
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“I’m very excited to see how things will go with the new coach, the way we play. We’ll have a lot of the ball, get a lot of chances. For me, that’s the perfect way to play. I hope I’ll get a lot of chances and put a few of them away,” Kane continued, expressing his admiration for the ways things are going under Kompany thus far. For the striker, that style of play will be a lot like what he is used to playing with England, which he just recently returned from duty from having made it to the EURO 2024 final in Gareth Southgate’s final season in charge of the national team.
Whether Bayern win silverware or not, one would be hard pressed to bank against Kane getting into the double digits in his goal tally for the season in all competitions, but he will surely want to collect his first major piece of silverware this season. If there is any current top class player that deserves a trophy and a winner’s medal; it’s Kane!
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