Despite Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s enthusiasm for Harry Kane, Fabrizio Romano’s recent GIVEMESPORT column suggests that a move for the Bayern Munich striker is unlikely given Manchester United’s new initiative to recruit younger talent.
Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee, a forward pair, have only managed five Premier League goals between them, which has been a prime example of the Red Devils’ dismal season. The club’s top summer goal appears to be acquiring a new forward, particularly after Marcus Rashford was loaned to Aston Villa for the remainder of the season.
Ruben Amorim will surely want to expand his attacking options, and there aren’t many better frontmen in European football than Kane, regardless of whether Rashford leaves United permanently in the summer. Having scored 21 goals in 19 Bundesliga games this season and winning Europe’s Golden Boot with 44 goals in 45 games the previous season, the England captain is having a great season at the Allianz Arena.
Unlikely to Make a Move for Harry Kane, Manchester United
The Red Devils’ attention is now being directed towards assembling a younger team.
The goal of Manchester United’s co-owners INEOS’ rebuilding strategy, which was initiated last summer, is to sign young players and turn them into first-team players. Ayden Heaven, 18, joined from Arsenal’s development academy, while Patrick Dorgu, 20, arrived from Leece during the January transfer window. Noussair Mazraoui, 26, was the club’s oldest acquisition.
Despite the Red Devils’ long-standing interest in the Bayern player and Ratcliffe’s admiration for the former Tottenham Hotspur forward, Kane, 31, does not meet the team’s requirements. According to reports, he makes €480,700 (£400,500) a week at the Allianz Arena. As part of a number of cost-cutting initiatives, the Premier League team is considering lowering salaries.
With a’secret’ release clause worth €80 million (£66 million) set to take effect in the summer, speculation about Kane’s future is intensifying. When that sum reduces to £54 million in January 2026, there were rumours that United may make a move for the second-highest goalscorer in English top flight history. However, he will be 32 by then, and it is urgent that a new striker join Old Trafford now rather than in a few years.
Statistics for Harry Kane in the Bundesliga 2024–2025
Looks
19.
Objectives
21
Anticipated Objectives (xG)
16.00
Rate of Scoring
73 minutes
Goals for each match
1.1
Each game’s shots
4.0
Per-game shots on target
2.0
Conversion of goals
28 percent
Helps
6.
Complete Duels Won
3.0 (49 percent)
Before he joined Bayern, Kane was strongly connected to a move to the Theatre of Dreams, and Amorim’s predecessor, Erik ten Hag, made him his main aim. After Casemiro’s £70 million arrival from Real Madrid in the summer of 2022, his wages would have been troublesome from a Financial Fairplay standpoint, therefore a trade didn’t happen.
