Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane was in Paris to pick up the Gerd Müller trophy, which was presented to him by club legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
“It’s a privilege to be picking up the Gerd Müller trophy. He was both a club legend and a football legend. So it’s special because it means so much to Bayern. I’m picking up the trophy, but we all earned it together,” Kane told DAZN (via DW Sports and @iMiaSanMia).
Kane actually was a co-winner of the award with Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé, who did not attend the ceremony.
“It was his personal decision not to be here. We both had a very good season and, like me, he scored 52 goals. It’s a big honour to win this award. You have to ask him why he wasn’t there, but for me it’s an honour to be here tonight in any case,” said Kane.
While he surely appreciated winning that award, the Englishman would be lying if he said he did not still have his eyes on the Ballon d’Or.
“I think so, yeah. The most important thing is to continue what I’m doing, to continue working hard and scoring goals – to help the team and push FC Bayern Munich to the top level. We have a great squad. I’ll try to help the team by scoring goals to win the big trophies. And hopefully this time next year there will be a different conversation,” said Kane, who finished 10th in the voting.
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