Didi Hamann would best be described as a Bayern Munich hypercritic, or as today’s generation would put it, a hater. Coming off his nonsensical jab calling Jamal Musiala a solo performer earlier this season, Hamann’s latest target is star striker Harry Kane.
Following Bayern’s loss away to Aston Villa in midweek, Hamann had this to say in his column for Sky Germany:
Harry Kane also had a personally sobering evening in Birmingham – in addition to the defeat. I said after the European Championship in the summer that he still has to prove that he is worth the 100 million – even though he scored over 30 goals last year,” wrote Hamman on his.
He wasn’t brought in to score a hat-trick against Darmstadt. He was brought in to score against Leverkusen and Aston Villa and to score in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. He hasn’t done that yet. But I remain skeptical about the star striker.
Of course, Bayern hope that he finds form, because the discussions will come. And I think they are not that far away. If I am so dominant against Leverkusen and Villa, then I expect one of the best players in the business to create a goal-scoring opportunity out of nothing in 90 minutes and become a goal threat. That is not the impression at the moment.
Hamann seems to love providing baseless criticism of world-class Bayern strikers and becoming the subject of a bashing by club officials: as notably seen in 2019 after his comments calling Lewandowski ‘a problem’ for Bayern.
When asked about Hamann’s comments on Kane, Max Eberl provided a fitting response to the former constantly running his mouth about Bayern players this season. “Didi Hamann is like a tinnitus in the ear. It comes up every three days.” (via @iMiaSanMia)
Kane hasn’t been asked about the comments and it is unlikely he will respond, but he won’t need to thanks to Eberl shutting Hamman up once again. Seems like this will become a recurring theme this season — unless Hamann learns his place.
