Dimitar Berbatov has revealed he was stunned that “no Premier League club wanted Harry Kane” as he described England’s captain as a “machine”.
It has been over a year since Kane left Tottenham for Bayern Munich for £86m, with add-ons that could take the total transfer fee to around £100m.
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He has since reached the Euro 2024 final with England, overtaking Erling Haaland to become the fastest player ever to score 50 goals, in just 35 games.
But Berbatov believes Kane deserves to stay in the Premier League as he revealed he was like most Tottenham fans when the Spurs striker moved to the Bundesliga.
When asked on The Pitch Prospect’s The LineUp what he thought of Kane, he shook his head and said: “Harry Kane is a machine.”
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“I cried that day [he left]said Berbatov.
“Well, I’m not crying! But I thought ‘seriously?!’
“No other club in the Premier League wanted him to stay here?”
Reigning Premier League champions Manchester City were interested in Kane in 2021.
Sergio Aguero had left for Barcelona in the summer and City had to replace him.
However, their £100million offer for Kane was not enough to convince Spurs to give up their talisman.
Two years later he moved to Germany and is now under contract until June 2027.
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City, meanwhile, have signed Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund and Spurs have Dominic Solanke in the starting lineup instead.
Kane played 435 games for Spurs and became their all-time leading goalscorer with 280 goals and 61 assists.
Berbatov played 102 times for Spurs between 2006 and 2008, scoring 46 goals and assisting 29 – and both strikers have etched their place in the club’s history books.
Berbatov also won the League Cup with the club in 2008.
The Bulgarian scored the equalizer in the final against Chelsea, canceling out Didier Drogba’s opening goal.
Jonathan Woodgate scored the winner in injury time to lift Tottenham’s final trophy.