Harry Kane was still more than a fortnight from joining Bayern Munich when his prospective employers’ president, Herbert Hainer, attempted to take a look at the bigger picture. “Here in the Bundesliga we don’t have many international stars any more,” he said. “He would do us and the Bundesliga good.”
Officials monitoring the TV ratings on Friday, when Kane is expected to make his full debut at Werder Bremen, are unlikely to disagree. Germany’s top flight will be appointment viewing on the campaign’s first night just as it was on the final day of 2022-23 when Borussia Dortmund allowed Bayern to steal in and win an 11th successive title. Eyeballs, clicks, intrigue: on the surface, the Bundesliga will pick up roughly where it left off.
