The title curse for Harry Kane was ended after the Englishman lifted his first main title as Bayern Munich ended the Bundesliga 2024-25 with a 2-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach to get their thirty fourth German championship title on Saturday.
An elated Kane stated, “Unbelievable feeling,” after firing the twenty fifth league aim of the season.
“It was a very long time coming. Numerous exhausting work and sacrifices for moments like this to rejoice with the followers,” stated Kane, who additionally turned the primary participant in Bundesliga historical past to be topped high scorer in each his first two seasons. “Hopefully first of many, we now have an ideal crew and an ideal coach,” he added.
Breaking Title Curse
Kane’s transfer to Bayern Munich signalled the English striker’s starvation for a trophy. After years of struggling and failure with Premier League facet Tottenham Hotspur, the 31-year-old made the choice to change allegiances, making his solution to the Bundesliga. In his first season, the No 9 clinched the European Golden Boot. Nonetheless, a late stumble within the UCL within the semi-final in opposition to Actual Madrid ended Harry Kane’s dream of a European trophy in his debut season.
One of many best strikers of the technology, the previous Tottenham Hotspur man is England’s all-time high scorer and second on the all-time Premier League scorers’ checklist and has a cupboard of particular person awards. Nonetheless, the dearth of crew trophies had been a pertinent query all through out his in any other case illustrious profession, resulting in the time period, ‘Kane title curse’.
The night additionally coincided with Munich membership legend Thomas Muller’s farewell. The German, who was a part of Munich’s squad for over 25 years, parted methods with Bayern after profitable a report thirteenth Bundesliga title.
Bayern Munich after clinching their report extending thirty fourth Bundesliga title. (PHOTO: AP)
Muller has received a report 13 Bundesliga titles, six DFB Cups, eight home Supercups, two Champions League titles, two UEFA Tremendous Cups and two FIFA Membership World Cups. The 35-year-old additionally received the 2014 World Cup with Germany. Müller has performed a membership report 750 matches for Bayern, scoring 248 targets and offering 222 assists.