Former Premier League player Paul Parker alleges that Harry Kane is “selfish” and that “everyone is laughing at him in England” during Bayern Munich’s trophy campaign.
The prolific 30-year-old forward will go to Germany in the summer of 2023 after ending his career with Tottenham. A €100 million (£85 million/$109 million) deal was claimed to be motivated by Kane’s ambition to win big prizes, which had proven elusive throughout his spell in north London.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Kane suffered defeat in the German Super Cup shortly after linking up with Bayern, and has seen them slip behind surprise leaders Bayern Leverkusen in the Bundesliga table. He has still registered 26 goals through 25 appearances, but has been accused of having records set by Robert Lewandowski dominating his thoughts.
WHAT PARKER SAID ABOUT KANE
That is the opinion of ex-England international Parker, with the Premier League title winner – who spent five years of his playing career at Manchester United – telling wettfreunde: “I think… as much as I’m not a big fan of Harry Kane, you have got to respect the amount of goals he is scoring. It’s definitely impressive. The problem is that he is not good to have around. The only thing he is focusing on is beating Lewandowski’s record. That’s the only thing he cares about and then he can come back to the Premier League to take another record.
“He is very selfish. Look, everyone is laughing about him in England. People were talking about him leaving because he wanted to win trophies and he is not winning anything. On the flipped side of things, Tottenham are doing extremely well. I said it when he was there, they would be better without him. Now, it shows that I was right. When Harry Kane is at a club, everything is about him. Everything. I think Spurs should be happy he left them.”
WHAT NEXT FOR KANE?
Tottenham have faltered slightly after enjoying an impressive start to the 2023-24 campaign, while talismanic captain Son Heung-min is currently away at the Asia Cup. Kane is their all-time leading scorer, with 280 efforts to his name, and did see a buy-back option included in the deal that took him to Munich.
