When Harry Kane left Tottenham Hotspur in 2023, he did so 47 goals behind Alan Shearer’s all time Premier League record.
Kane scored 213 goals in 320 Premier League games for Tottenham, a goal ratio he’s somehow managing to better in the Bundesliga.
The former Spurs striker is now on course to win the German top flight this season which would be the first major club honour of his career.
Of course, Kane left Tottenham to win trophies and it now seems as if he will finally do so.
However, with a few medals in the bag, some supporters in N17 are retaining hope that Kane could one day return to the club for one last hurrah.
And in addition to the prospect of winning a trophy with Tottenham, Kane could also then break Shearer’s record – an appealing proposition.
Alan Shearer’s clear message to Harry Kane about a Premier League return
Kane doesn’t want to return to Tottenham this summer at least – he’s happy at Bayern Munich.
But it is possible that the England captain returns in the future, a prospect Shearer was asked about when speaking to Optus Sport recently.
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Speaking with a jovial tone, Shearer said that he was the one pushing for Kane to go to Bayern in the first place, somewhere he’s happy for the striker to remain.
Shearer said: “I was the one that was pushing him, telling him to go aboard – there’s no way that I’m going to invite him back because he’s a fantastic player and if he chooses to come back then there’s no doubt he’ll have a really good chance of breaking that record.
“So yeah, whenever I see him I’m like ‘yeah you stay in Germany mate, you’re smashing it over there scoring loads of goals, there’s no point in you coming back to the Premier League just yet.’”
Harry Kane still thinks he’s in his ‘prime’ years
Speaking in an interview with CBS Sports recently, Kane was asked about what keeps him motivated to be at his best at 31-years-old.
Kane expressed that he still considers himself to be in his ‘prime’ – years of his career that he doesn’t want to waste.
Kane said: “I think it’s just that constant drive to improve, like you said I know there’s a lot of talk about the trophies.
“Whether I finish with one trophy or 20 trophies, I don’t think it’ll change my mindset every day when I wake up.
“It’s to be the best person, the best teammate, the best player I can be and I feel like I’m in the height of my prime right now.”
Tottenham have been alerted to Kane’s release clause in summer 2026, a figure that stands at around £54m.
And perhaps Daniel Levy would consider an audacious move to bring guaranteed goals back to north London, depending on how Spurs’ project is progressing at the time.
