One of the longest transfer sagas of the summer transfer window, Harry Kane’s move from Tottenham to Bayern Munich eventually went through.
The German side paid a lot of money for the England international, who was brought in to finally replace Robert Lewandowski at the top of the Bavarian attack.
Daniel Levy was a tough negotiator, as always, but the Tottenham chairman eventually gave in, and it appears Karl-Heinz Rummenigge played a part in ensuring the transfer went through, as he revealed to WAZ on Friday, relayed by Bild.
The Bayern Munich member of the supervisory board explained that he called Kane regularly to convince him that a move to the Bundesliga side was the right one for his career, and he states there were times when he was in touch with the striker ‘almost every day’.
That allowed him to build a good relationship with the former Tottenham star, and Rummenigge explains he pushed his club’s CEO, Jan-Christian Dreesen, to not worry about the money too much, as Kane would pay them back on the pitch.
He said: “When our CEO flew to London for negotiations, I always said: ‘Please don’t take the last €10m into consideration. We need this player, he will be a key player in our entire organisation – both on and off the pitch’.
“We were convinced from the start that we needed a centre-forward. Unfortunately, the other players were unable to compensate for the 40 to 50 competitive goals that Robert Lewandowski had guaranteed us. But the market for outstanding center forwards wasn’t big: Benzema went to Saudi Arabia, as did Ronaldo. That’s why it was clear: We would put everything into the Kane transfer.”
