I’ll Extend My Bayern Munich Contract In October – Kane

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has said that he is expecting to sign a new contract within the next month. The England captain’s existing deal is set to run out at the end of the season, with Barcelona among the clubs to register an interest last summer.

Insisting that he is very happy in Munich, Kane stated that talks are still progressing in the right way and both parties are very relaxed about his extension.

Harry, however, added that his focus is on the England national team during the international break.

His words, “Talks are going well. I’ve been quite open and honest about that. We are still in talks now and I think they are progressing in the right way. Both sides have been very relaxed about it. Everyone can see I am happy there, the way I’m performing, the way I talk off the pitch. I think it is just open and honest. I am hoping something gets done.

In terms of how it is affecting me mentally, I just get on with these kind of things. I like to take seasons as they come. I’m still contracted for another nine months officially so nothing from that point of view changes but over this camp I am concentrating more on being with England. Those contract talks can hold fire, it’s for the team behind me to talk and deal with those things.

Over the next month or so there should be some sort of decision and I think it will be a positive one.”

On England’s second-half collapse against Argentina, “The thing about it is there are a lot of good national teams out there who will be looking at us thinking ‘how have they got to semifinals, finals, how can we be more like England?’ I think it is a very English thing to always look elsewhere and look at something different.

The reality is we have got one of the best records in recent history at national level. We do have identity with Gareth [Southgate] and Thomas and a lot of that is togetherness, power, strength and physicality. I just think in the biggest moments we haven’t shown that, we haven’t shown our true self.

I think Argentina was the prime example of that. We spoke a lot about trying to win and if you lose, you take it on the chin, you shake hands and you move on. I think the last half hour of that Argentina game, the Croatia game in 2018, the Italy game in the Euros, we spent a lot of those games trying not to lose and we ended up losing anyway.

That’s the hardest part to take, not just as players but from a fan’s point of view. If you try go and try to win 2-0, 3-0 and you end up losing, it is a lot easier to accept. I think it is the final shift and that’s a big shift but it is mentality as well as anything else.

Until you are put in those situations again, you never really know but a lot of our feeling coming off the Argentina game is that we can’t let something like that happen again but we are only going to be judged the next time we are in a situation like that.”