Harry Kane says he wants to win the Ballon d’Or and believes he can once he starts winning trophies with Bayern Munich.
The England captain’s goals this season for Bayern have fired them to the brink of the Bundesliga title while they are also in the Champions League quarter-finals.
“Just being at a club like Bayern Munich has helped push me on even more, confidence-wise and responsibility-wise,” he said.
“I feel like I’ve definitely got better, I’ve improved, and maybe the ‘aura’ of me as a player is a bit more respected than what it has been in the past, because you’re playing in big games, big nights.
“I felt that last season as well, I scored over 40 goals, but obviously, I was never going to win the Ballon d’Or because we didn’t win the team trophies.
“Winning the World Cup’s right up there, at the top of the list” 🤩
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“Those opportunities are there. That’s probably what I mean in terms of being respected more worldwide, on the bigger stage.
“For something like that, you have to win enough team trophies to be considered in that and probably score 40-odd goals, but that is a possibility this season.
“That is definitely something I would love to try to achieve.”
The 31-year-old is England’s record goalscorer with 69 and shows no signs of slowing down as the mission for glory at the 2026 World Cup under Thomas Tuchel begins with the opening qualifier against Albania on Friday night.
Kane says people would still be raving about him if he was younger but they have become “bored” by his goals.
“It’s like when Ronaldo and Messi were throwing these crazy numbers out there and the next season they’d score 40 goals instead of 50 and it was like they were having a bad season,” he said.
“People take it for granted and maybe a little bit with England as well. I’ve scored 69 goals and when you score against Albania or Latvia, or these teams, people just expect it so it’s not spoken about so much.
“Say if I was 25 now and doing what I’m doing, the excitement around me would maybe be a little bit different to what it is now.
“Again, that’s part of where we are with football and I’ve seen it with some other players as they get into their 30s.
“Maybe people just get a little bit bored of what you do, but I’m certainly not bored. I’m excited for these games and the games ahead.”
