Could Harry Kane win a trophy at Bayern Munich, rejoin Tottenham and chase down Alan Shearer’s goal record? Stephen Carr speculates on future plans.
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Severed ties with Tottenham in 2023Looking to break trophy duckIndividual records also of interestFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
England captain Kane took the decision to end his association with Spurs in the summer of 2023. He had boasted career-long ties to the north London outfit when deciding to spread his wings and step out of a professional comfort zone. A prolific record with the Premier League giants saw him become their all-time leading scorer, with 280 goals recorded through 435 appearances.
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Of those strikes, 213 came in the Premier League – placing him 47 efforts behind Shearer on the all-time list. Kane headed to Germany in a bid to bring his long wait for major silverware to a close, but could he be tempted to return to his homeland in pursuit of individual records once a trophy duck is broken?
WHAT STEPHEN CARR SAID
When that question was put to Carr, the former Tottenham defender – speaking in association with – told GOAL: "No, I don’t think so. I wouldn’t imagine so. Harry Kane is doing it in Germany now, his goal record is scary. People comment on him not having the legs as much anymore, but what he brings to the team is that you know he is going to score goals. It’s about having the right players around him that have pace. He’s never going to be the quickest player in the world, but he’s a goalscorer.
"To go back there, I don’t think so. I wouldn’t be surprised if he stayed at Bayern. Hopefully this year he does get something – they win the league or the Champions League. He deserves it. He’s had some career without any trophies. He has shown it again in another league, banging goals in, and he’s phenomenal. I don’t see him going back. At his age, the Premier League gets faster and faster, I don’t think it would suit him. But the point is he will always score goals, it doesn’t matter where he is."
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Pressed further on whether the Shearer record could act as added incentive for Kane as he mulls over any future options, Carr went on to say: "I played with Shearer as well and if he’d have stayed in the Premier League, he would have got it. He would have beaten that record. But to stay in the Premier League, would he have beaten it at Tottenham or would he have had to move? Who knows. Would Tottenham want to sell him to the Man Citys of this world? No. I think that’s why he ended up going to Germany.
"It’s a pity because he was on track to beat that record. There are not many players that could do that – maybe [Erling] Haaland. But do players stay there long enough? It’s quite rare because there are too many offers on the table for these players because they are so good. There are not many out there who you can rely on for goals. It would be nice, but could Spurs afford him? He’s not cheap. It’s not one of [Daniel] Levy’s business things to sell like that and then bring them back. He’s getting older as well, a lot of games, and I don’t see him going back there."