BERLIN.- Ten days after winning the Ballon d’Orthe English striker Harry Kane renewed his contract with Bayern Munich for two seasons, until the end of the 2028-2029 academic year, the German club announced this Thursday.
Captain and best scorer of the English team with 91 goals, Kane will play for the Bavarian club during the Euro 2028planned in United Kingdom and Ireland.
Kane, 33, joined the team in the summer of 2023. His best season was last year, 2025-26, which allowed him to win London with the Ballon d’Or against Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal.
“I feel at home at Bayern,” the forward said in a club statement.
“My whole family is very happy here, I wanted to stay and I’m happy for what lies ahead. I want to continue winning titles with this great club,” added the player.
In three seasons with Bayern, Kane inaugurated and expanded his collective record, until then empty: he won two German leagues (2025 and 2026), one Cup (2026) and two Super Cups (2025 and 2026), although the Champions League.
The final of the great European tournament will be played precisely at the Bayern stadium, the Allianz Arenain 2028.
In 161 games for Bayern, Kane has scored 156 goals in all competitions.
Contractual exception in Munich
Kane was the most expensive signing in Bayern history, paying nearly 100 million euros ($112 million) to Tottenhamthe club in which he formed.
“We have a great team and Vincent Kompany He is a fantastic coach. “I’m proud to be part of this club,” Kane added.
The Munich board did not hesitate to make an exception to its mantra of offering players over 30 only one-season renewals in the case of the footballer who returned the Ballon d’Or to the club, for the first time since Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in 1981.
In his 2025/26 season, played at the age of 32 (he turned 33 on July 28), he finished with 73 goals to his name (only Lionel Messi did more in 2010/11), finishing top scorer of the Bundesliga (36), as had already happened in the two previous campaigns (36 in 2023/24 and 26 in 2024/25).
Protagonist in the entire field
In it World Cup 2026 He maintained the same pace, becoming the English team’s top scorer in the final stages of the World Cup.
He scored six goals on the journey England to third place, for a historic total of 14.
Beyond the statistics, his football is projected in all corners of the field, frequently appearing in the vicinity of his own area to start the construction, contributing much more than a center forward.
And off the field, Kane also plays a key role in the Munich dressing room.
The Bavarian exile, after more than two decades in England (more than 15 years at Tottenham, including the youth team), allowed him to reach a new level.
“It is the highest level, on and off the field,” said the England coach, the German, at the end of September. Thomas Tuchelwho directed him for a season at Bayern.
Kane celebrated in early October with a double against the Czech Republic his 125th cap, with which he reached Peter Shilton as a player with the most appearances for the “Three Lions”.
