Dimitar Berbatov was stunned when Harry Kane made the decision to leave Tottenham Hotspur to join Bayern Munich, and the Bulgarian explained why.
The writing was on the wall for Harry Kane
Harry Kane had entered the final year of his contract at Spurs last year, and with the Lilywhites making a managerial change by bringing Ange Postecoglou in, it was the right time for the club to cash in on their talisman, given that he was not committing to a new deal.
However, many Tottenham fans were still living in hope that he would end up staying and it was hard for many to digest when Bayern Munich finally struck a deal with Spurs for the striker a day before the start of the 2022-23 Premier League season.
Predictably, the England captain has been breaking all sorts of records since moving to the Bundesliga, but Berbatov admits that he is surprised that the 31-year-old ended up in the Allianz Arena.
Dimitar Berbatov puzzled at Kane’s move
The former Spurs striker admitted that he could not believe that another Premier League side did not decide to make a move for Tottenham‘s record goalscorer, and allowed Bayern to poach him.
Berbatov himself famously made a controversial switch from Tottenham to Man Utd in 2009, and the 43-year-old wanted Kane to remain in the Premier League.
The pundit told talkSPORT’s The Line Up: “Harry Kane is a machine. I was crying that day [he left]. Well, not crying! But I was like ‘seriously?!’ No other club in the Premier League wanted him to stay here?”
Kane did Tottenham a favour
Kane could have run his contract down at Spurs and moved to another Premier League side, but he showed respect to Tottenham and their supporters by deciding to move abroad instead.
In fact, a few Premier League clubs likely enquired about the striker in the summer of 2023, but Daniel Levy would not have wanted to strengthen a direct rival and might have preferred a sale to Bayern.