Kompany certain improving Kane will stay with Bayern

Vincent Kompany is definite Harry Kane will stick with Bayern Munich for the lengthy haul amid reviews linking him with a Premier League return, additionally claiming the England captain has improved as a participant since shifting to the Bundesliga.

Studies this week advised Kane might return to Tottenham, along with his Bayern contract reportedly containing a launch clause that can drop to £54m in January.

Spurs additionally reportedly have a first-refusal clause on Kane ought to he ever resolve to depart Bayern, who’re high of the Bundesliga desk with 4 wins from 4 video games.

They host Werder Bremen on Friday, and Kane is closing in on his one centesimal aim in Bayern colors, having netted 98 instances in simply 103 appearances for the membership.

Kane has 11 aim involvements (eight targets, three assists) within the first 4 Bundesliga matchdays of 2024-25, a brand new file since German information assortment started in 2004-05.

Earlier than Kane, solely two gamers had beforehand scored eight targets within the first 4 video games of a Bundesliga season – Serhou Guirassy in 2023-24 for Stuttgart (additionally eight) and Peter Meyer in 1967-68 for Borussia Monchengladbach (9).

“Harry is in a superb part. I don’t wish to pave the way in which for another discussions. I see that he nonetheless has the starvation to win trophies, and he can do this at Bayern,” Kompany mentioned on Thursday when requested about his striker’s future.

“He’s all the time been a goalscorer, however I feel he has opened up his sport, with the way in which he drops again between the strains…

“In the long run, that enables him to flee the eye of the defenders. And with that, he’s growing additional, he’s a frontrunner within the group.”

Sitting alongside Kompany, sporting director Max Eberl mentioned: “The way in which Harry is behaving reveals that he’s absolutely dedicated.

“He’s sufficiently old to make his personal selections, no matter whether or not he has a launch clause or not. Our want is to realize success with Harry this season and likewise sooner or later.”

Horst Steffen’s Werder Bremen aspect are 14th within the Bundesliga with 4 factors from 4 video games, having misplaced 3-0 at residence to Freiburg final day trip.

However Kompany has been impressed with Steffen’s work since changing Ole Werner forward of the brand new season, saying: “You instantly see a brand new course beneath the brand new coach. They’re attempting to dominate and play fast mixtures by way of the center, not many do this to such an excessive.

“That has so much to do with the coach. I like coaches who know the decrease leagues and have success there. He’s accomplished that.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Bayern Munich – Serge Gnabry

Kane is just not Bayern’s solely risk, as Gnabry has been concerned in at the very least one aim in every of his final 5 Bundesliga video games (4 targets, two assists).

He had solely beforehand achieved that feat as soon as for Bayern, doing so in April and Might 2023. Solely in opposition to Koln (12) does he have extra Bundesliga aim involvements than he does in opposition to Werder (10).

Werder Bremen – Samuel Mbangula

With a mean age of 28 years and 335 days, Bayern Munich have named the oldest beginning line-ups within the Bundesliga this season. Werder, in contrast, have the youngest common age, at 24 years and 69 days outdated.

Twenty-one-year-old winger Mbangula has impressed to date this marketing campaign, with one aim and one help in three Bundesliga appearances.

MATCH PREDICTION – BAYERN MUNICH WIN

This would be the 117th Bundesliga assembly between Bayern and Werder – no different match within the competitors’s historical past has been performed as usually.

Bayern have solely suffered extra defeats within the Bundesliga in opposition to Borussia Monchengladbach (28) than in opposition to Werder (27), however they’ve misplaced solely one of many final 31 Bundesliga conferences – a 1-0 residence defeat in January 2024.

For the primary time in seven years, Bayern have received their first seven aggressive matches of a season, having additionally accomplished so beneath Niko Kovac in 2018-19.

They’ve by no means received greater than seven consecutive aggressive matches beneath Kompany, and the final time they’d eight victories to begin a season was in 2016-17 beneath Carlo Ancelotti.

Bayern scored 18 targets of their first 4 Bundesliga video games this season, greater than any group has ever scored within the first 4 video games of a Bundesliga marketing campaign, and they’re heavy favourites to take care of their good file.

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Bavaria Munich – 82.3%

Werder Bremen – 7.3%

Draw – 10.4%