“I really feel like we’re getting higher every recreation.”
These phrases from Harry Kane will strike worry into the remainder of the Bundesliga – and the European elite – after his record-breaking begin to life at Bayern Munich simply obtained even higher.
The England striker turned the primary participant to attain 15 objectives in his first 10 Bundesliga video games when he hit his third hat-trick of the season in Bayern’s impressive 4-0 win at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
His gorgeous affect since signing from Tottenham for an preliminary 100m euros (£86.4m) in the summertime has already obtained folks predicting Robert Lewandowski’s all-time Bundesliga document is in peril.
The previous Bayern Munich man – now at Barcelona – scored 41 league objectives in 2020-21, surpassing Gerd Muller’s 49-year document of 40. If Kane carries on as he has began, he’s on target to hit 50 objectives.
Kane may even exceed the 52 objectives that Erling Haaland scored in all competitions in his first season for Manchester Metropolis final marketing campaign.
Extremely, although, Kane is not the one participant posing a severe risk to Lewandowski’s document, with Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy hitting 14 thus far in 9 league video games.
The France-born Guinea worldwide scored 11 objectives on mortgage at Stuttgart final time, however his objectives this season are making a few of Europe’s high sides actually sit up and take discover.
With Kane and Guirassy on fireplace, information may proceed to fall.
How good has Kane’s begin been this season?
- That is Kane’s finest ever begin to a season when it comes to objectives
- His 20 Bundesliga objective involvements (together with 5 assists) can also be essentially the most he has ever achieved in his first 10 video games of a league season
- He has scored 17 objectives in 13 video games in all competitions for Bayern, and 20 objectives in 15 video games for membership and nation
- No participant in world soccer has scored extra objectives than Kane this season
- He has already scored another than Bayern’s high league scorer final season, Serge Gnabry
- Yet one more Bundesliga objective will see Kane equal the tally of final season’s high Bundesliga scorers – Niclas Füllkrug and Christopher Nkunku
- Solely Gerd Müller had beforehand scored as many objectives within the first 10 matches of a season in Bundesliga historical past, doing so in 1968-69 (additionally 15)
- Solely seven gamers have scored 30 objectives or extra in a season in Bundesliga historical past – Kane is already midway there
- His highest Premier League whole was 30, within the 2017/18 and 2022/23 seasons
- Kane is simply two objectives shy of the English goalscoring document in a Bundesliga season: Kevin Keegan (1978-79 for Hamburger SV) and Jadon Sancho (2019-20 for Dortmund) scored 17
- He turned the primary participant in Bundesliga historical past to attain a hat-trick in his first Klassiker look
- Kane is averaging a objective each 58 minutes within the Bundesliga
‘A great quantity 9 can win you titles’ – what information can Kane break?
Kane is already having to fend off questions on Lewandowski’s document of 41 objectives in a Bundesliga season.
The Polish worldwide even stated he was holding his “fingers crossed” Kane would break the “loopy” document this season, when talking to Bild final month.
However the England captain refused to get carried away when requested in regards to the document after his newest treble.
“It is nonetheless a good distance away,” he stated. “Robert was incredible for the membership and the most effective strikers on the planet.
“After the primary few video games I stated it will take a number of video games for the others to get to know me. I’m not only a common quantity 9 who stays up on a regular basis. I like to return deep. I really feel like we’re getting higher every recreation and getting extra of an understanding.
“Since I’ve been taking part in, I’ve been getting higher. I’m simply 30, I really feel I nonetheless have quite a lot of time left. I all the time again myself and with these guys round me, I do know I’ll get quite a lot of possibilities.”
Whereas Lewandowski’s document appears greater than achievable, Kane can also be on observe to match the 50 objectives Lionel Messi scored in 2011-12 for Barcelona in La Liga.
Messi’s 50 objectives in 37 appearances is just not solely a La Liga document, however can also be essentially the most in a season by any participant in one in every of Europe’s high 5 leagues because the formation of the Premier League in 1992-93.
That additionally underlines simply how unimaginable Messi’s 73 objectives in all competitions within the 2011-2012 season was – a tally that appears insurmountable.
Kane’s Bayern teammate Jamal Musiala stated: “I anticipated excessive issues. However in all probability not this excessive as he delivered thus far.
“It’s even simpler than I assumed, firstly to play with him, and I am very blissful, and hopefully he is blissful too.”
In the meantime, former Bayern Munich and Germany legend Lothar Matthäus stated: “For Bayern Munich it is necessary and for German soccer usually it is necessary that you’ve a superb quantity 9. A great quantity 9 can win you titles.
“We noticed it with Lewandowski in Munich and Dortmund. In German soccer, you want a quantity 9.
“When you’ve got a lot ball possession across the space, you want any person who scores. Harry Kane is aware of what to do, and he has finished it very effectively within the first three months.”
Who’s Serhou Guirassy?
Guirassy’s goalscoring begin to the season is much more exceptional once you realise what a comparatively atypical profession he has had till now.
The 27-year-old was a France youth worldwide however made his senior worldwide debut for Guinea final season.
His 15 objectives this season in all competitions – together with one within the German Cup – is already his finest ever season for objectives.
It’s his fourth consecutive season for hitting double figures – he scored 13 and 12 for Rennes in 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively, and 14 for Stuttgart final season, having by no means hit greater than 9 earlier than that.
His earlier spell in Germany, from 2016 to 2019, noticed him rating 9 objectives in 45 video games for Cologne.