Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane might be consigned to a trophyless season on Wednesday night time, however Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou has defended the striker’s transfer to Germany.
Postecoglou labored with Kane for a number of weeks final summer time earlier than the England captain determined to go away his boyhood membership in a £100million transfer in pursuit of a “new problem”.
Whereas the 30-year-old has loved a wonderful particular person marketing campaign with 39 targets in all competitions, Bayern’s final hope of profitable a trophy this time period is the Champions League after Bayer Leverkusen clinched the Bundesliga title on Sunday.
Arsenal go to the Allianz Area on Wednesday with the Champions League quarter-final finely poised after a first-leg 2-2 draw, and Postecoglou feels it could be unfair for Kane’s change to be deemed a failure if Bayern exit this week.
“I don’t assume that’s truthful,” the Australian mentioned.
“I’m not going to talk for Harry, for God’s sake, however I don’t assume that’s the one purpose he left. I feel he was fairly clear that he wished a unique expertise and I feel there’s nothing improper with that.
“That’s been my entire profession. He was at one membership for a really very long time. He was at a degree the place he both decides to remain and grow to be a one-club man, which is truthful sufficient, or he can expertise one thing totally different as a footballer, perhaps as an individual.
“I don’t know. These are questions for him. However I don’t get this notion that he simply moved simply to win issues.
“I don’t assume if he had stayed right here, he didn’t assume he was going to win issues. I simply assume he wished a unique expertise and he’s getting that.
“I’m positive on the finish of his profession, if that was his reasoning behind it, he’ll discover that it does. It offers you an actual broad expertise about what soccer is about, what life is about.
“I do know each choice I’ve made in my profession, it’s very onerous for different individuals generally to know as a result of they’re not dwelling my life.
“They’re not with my household or with the individuals round me to know why you come to those choices.
“They’re very hardly ever (made) round too many simplistic issues. More often than not there’s a complete vary of things that you just put into it.”