The ex-Spurs man will return to the knockout stages of the Champions League needing more than ever to make an impact on the big stage
The feeling may be naggingly familiar. ’s team are out of the cup, off the pace in the league, and look like they may need a strong European campaign to rescue anything from their season. The problem is that it was not meant to be like this when Kane left for Bayern Munich last summer. This was meant to be the start of the rest of his career, the moment when he left an aspirational team for a dominant one.
One of the most valuable things that a trophy would give him, beyond personal pride, would be to end the debate. In an instant, he could shed himself of the tag of the greatest player in the history of the game never to win anything, the man who achieved everything in football, except for the most fundamental achievement of all. But there is another aspect to Kane’s legacy here, one that he can solve in the next few months whether he ends the season with a trophy or not.