For two weeks, Harry Kane has been the delight of Bayern Munich. He certainly had a hell of a debacle for his first match, a heavy 3-0 defeat against RB Leipzig in the German Supercup, but quickly opened his counter by scoring in the following match: a very large 4-0 victory against Werder. Bream. Finally, a year after the departure of Robert Lewandowski from FC Barcelona, the Bavarian giant has a number 9 worthy of the name in its ranks. The price had to be paid for it of course, more than 100 M€, but above all, the transfer almost fell apart in the last moments.
This is what we learn today from the mouth of Uli Hoeness, now honorary president of the club. In a long interview with Welt am Sonntaghe tells how Tottenham did everything possible for this transfer, “very special” said Hoeness, never happens. “Already I didn’t like that Daniel Levy flew to Miami for a vacation, when his club’s most important player, the captain of the national team, wanted to leave the club. It complicated the negotiations. With the jet lag, it forced Jan (Jan-Christian Dreesen, Bayern’s general manager) to negotiate in the middle of the night.
Kane put pressure on Levy
And while everything seemed to be going well, the negotiations got complicated. “The transfer seemed to fail after our agreement. I thought to myself, “actually, handshake agreements should still be valid.” A bit old-fashioned for sure, but Hoeness has his reasons. “At midnight we had a verbal agreement, but at 2:50 it was called into question again. Then we got along again that night but for a bigger amount. Jan then said, “Not a penny more!” It took six hours for Levy to accept… while the plane, which was waiting for Harry Kane, had been ready to take off since the very morning.
The story of the plane had made the headlines of the press. Because of Daniel Levy’s behavior, Kane was very close to staying at Tottenham. It was played a few hours according to Hoeness and it was the striker who managed to unlock things. “Apparently Kane didn’t agree with Levy’s behavior either. He told him that morning: “If we don’t have a solution by evening, I will play for Tottenham on Sunday. And then it will be over. I will not sign a new contract with Tottenham and I will go free on Sunday. next year.”” A final pressure that got the better of Daniel Levy.
