BAYERN MUNICH will unleash Harry Kane on Werder Bremen tomorrow in the opening match of the Bundesliga season.
England captain Kane, a 64th minute substitute in Saturday’s 3-0 DFL-Supercup loss to Leipzig, goes straight into Bayern’s starting XI for the away match in northern Germany.
Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel, whose club landed Kane from Spurs in a £104million deal, said: “There’s a lot of things going on around a transfer of this size – a lot of noise, distraction going on.
“But once he steps out on the pitch I feel he will be very composed and very calm.
“I feel he has enjoyed training and being on the pitch with the guys was pretty impressive.
“We managed to sign the skipper from England so this is kind of what you expect – but it’s still impressive when you see it and get it in real life.”
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He went on to say: “I have a big hope that Harry is the kind of guy that adapts very fast. He will be the kind of No 9 up front, a fixed point so players around him will adapt fast and I’m pretty sure our players will adapt and become better.
“He will affect the defence. The opposition will focus on him so he will open spaces. He is not only a No 9 he can be between a 9 and 10 in the half spaces.
“He gives us a lot of options and he has all the time to fully adapt but I’m sure he will.”
Asked about having to deal with pressure, Tuchel added: “I don’t think it is going to be for the first time in his career he has had pressure so he will have to deal with that transfer in his performance and stay loose.
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“It is not about life or death. The game is a competitive game and he has proved for 10 years how good he is.”
Kane has joined the Bavarians after spending over ten years in the Tottenham Hotspur first team making 435 appearances.
He also leaves as the club’s all-time top goal scorer having netted 280 times for the Lilywhites, 14 more than Jimmy Greaves.
Despite his impressive record, the 30-year-old will be searching for his first career trophy during his spell in Germany.
He was unable to lift any silverware during his time in North London and will be hoping that things will be different with 32-time Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
Kane and his new teammates failed to do that immediately after losing in the DFL-Supercup, but the star striker seems to be calm about his new side succeeding.
Speaking following the loss in his first press conference he said: “I wanted to come here and win last night but that wasn’t the case. It’s no time to panic, it’s a long season ahead. Thank you to the fans, hopefully I can give them some reasons to cheer over the season.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
