Dietmar Hamann has said that Harry Kane cannot match Robert Lewandowski’s single-season Bundesliga goal record. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Stressing that there’s a reason why Lewandowski could only break the record after five decades, Hamann stated that Kane would have to be fit and available for all of the matches to do the unthinkable.
Dietmar added that Bayern Munich will also need to go deep in the UCL again in addition to the extra group stage matches.
His words, “Well, it stood for 40 years or 50 years and everybody said it’s not possible to do it. But then Lewandowski found another gear and beat Gerd Muller by one.
Kane’s got an awful lot of goals in two, three fantastic seasons and still fell four or five short. And I said this, I think it was Christmas eight months ago, nine months ago, when people said, ‘oh, is he able because he scored I think 17, 18, 19 goals in the first half of the season’. And I said, I think it all depends on the Champions League because if they go deep in the Champions League, there will be one, two, three games where he won’t play or maybe come on or doesn’t even play at all.
And I think if you want to beat it, you probably have to play at least 30, probably 32, maybe all the games. And with the extra games in the Champions League now, he’s a year older now.
If they get knocked out in the group stage, which is not going to happen, I think he probably stands a chance to do it. But they won’t because he’ll probably go deep in the Champions League again.
And I think that counts against him when it comes to the record because when you play a league game where you’ve probably already won the league in between two Champions League semi-finals or quarter-finals, I think the chances are very high that he won’t play. They don’t risk him and that doesn’t help him. So is he capable of doing it? Yes, of course he is. I don’t think he will do that.
Absolutely. And obviously he’s an ambassador. He’s great. He’s just a very likeable character. And obviously they all appreciate the people, not only the Bayern Munich fans, but they all appreciate having the England captain playing in the Bundesliga.
And I think he’s very settled there. They talk about a new contract. I think his family and his missus are very happy and settled in Munich. So that’s good to hear.
If he stays fit, then he probably starts with 20 or 25 goals. Every goal he passes is probably a bonus. But I can’t see a scenario where he doesn’t score 20, 25 goals, which most years wins him that big Golden Boot.
He’ll win it again if he stays fit. And he’s just a remarkable finisher. Obviously, we all talk about his penalty-taking skills. But his finishing with both feet is just… I’m not sure there’s been a finisher in the history of football who’s more clinical when it comes to chances in front of goal.”
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