Harry Kane says he needs to win the Ballon d’Or and believes he can as soon as he begins successful trophies with Bayern Munich.
The England captain’s targets this season for Bayern have fired them to the brink of the Bundesliga title whereas they’re additionally within the Champions League quarter-finals.
“Simply being at a membership like Bayern Munich has helped push me on much more, confidence-wise and responsibility-wise,” he mentioned.
“I really feel like I’ve positively obtained higher, I’ve improved, and perhaps the ‘aura’ of me as a participant is a little more revered than what it has been previously, since you’re enjoying in huge video games, huge nights.
“I felt that final season as nicely, I scored over 40 targets, however clearly, I used to be by no means going to win the Ballon d’Or as a result of we didn’t win the group trophies.
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“These alternatives are there. That’s most likely what I imply when it comes to being revered extra worldwide, on the larger stage.
“For one thing like that, it’s important to win sufficient group trophies to be thought-about in that and doubtless rating 40-odd targets, however that may be a risk this season.
“That’s positively one thing I might like to attempt to obtain.”
The 31-year-old is England’s file goalscorer with 69 and reveals no indicators of slowing down because the mission for glory on the 2026 World Cup below Thomas Tuchel begins with the opening qualifier in opposition to Albania on Friday evening.
Kane says individuals would nonetheless be raving about him if he was youthful however they’ve change into “bored” by his targets.
“It’s like when Ronaldo and Messi had been throwing these loopy numbers on the market and the subsequent season they’d rating 40 targets as a substitute of fifty and it was like they had been having a foul season,” he mentioned.
“Individuals take it as a right and perhaps a little bit bit with England as nicely. I’ve scored 69 targets and if you rating in opposition to Albania or Latvia, or these groups, individuals simply anticipate it so it’s not spoken about a lot.
“Say if I used to be 25 now and doing what I’m doing, the joy round me would perhaps be a little bit bit totally different to what it’s now.
“Once more, that’s a part of the place we’re with soccer and I’ve seen it with another gamers as they get into their 30s.
“Possibly individuals simply get a little bit bit bored of what you do, however I’m definitely not bored. I’m excited for these video games and the video games forward.”