Harry Kane has stated that his desire to return to the Premier League has cooled, and he is willing to negotiate a new contract with Bayern Munich.
Kane is halfway through his four-year contract, which he signed after coming from Tottenham Hotspur for £86.4 million in the summer of 2023.
The 32-year–old has 103 goals in 106 games for the German club, helping them win the 2024-25 Bundesliga title – his first professional honour.
Tottenham manager Thomas Frank has expressed his desire to see Kane return to England, where he needs 48 goals to surpass Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League scoring record of 260.
However, the England captain says he is no longer as eager to return home as he once was and would consider extending his stay in Bavaria.
“In terms of staying longer, I could definitely see that,” Kane said.
“I spoke openly a couple of weeks ago that I have not had those conversations with Bayern yet, but if they were to arise, I would be willing to talk and have an honest conversation.
“Obviously it depends on how the next year or so goes and what we achieve together. Right now, I would say we are in a fantastic moment, and I am not thinking about anything else.
“In terms of the Premier League, I don’t know. If you had asked me when I first left to go to Bayern, I would have said for sure I would come back.
“Now I have been there a couple of years; I would probably say that has gone down a little bit, but I wouldn’t say I would never go back.
“What I have learned in my career is that different opportunities and different timings happen, and things fall in place. Going back to my first point, with Bayern right now I am fully all in with Bayern.”
Kane is Tottenham’s and England’s all-time leading scorer, and he recently became the fastest player this century to reach 100 goals for a club in one of Europe’s top five leagues, doing so in 104 games for Bayern Munich. But a trophy eluded him until he won the German championship last season.
Kane admits he wasn’t sure how he’d react to breaking his trophy drought but now believes it’s made him eager for more.
“When you win a title like I did last year, maybe it could be easy to go the other way and be like, ‘OK, I’ve done what I wanted to achieve,'” he said.
“But it’s given me more motivation to do more and be better. I think I’ve shown that this year.
“I was interested in how I would feel after winning a trophy. Obviously there’s still a lot more I want to achieve in terms of other trophies and bigger trophies for sure.
“But I think it was always just, in my head, what I was going to feel like after I did achieve winning my first one.
“But for sure, I pushed myself the other way in terms of being even better, eating even cleaner, and doing more gym. Just trying to get the most out of what I’ve got right now.”
