Rummenigge: Kane contract talks after season with 'clair aim'
Bayern Munich's Harry Kane celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German DFB Cup semifinal soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich at BayArena. Federico Gambarini/dpa Bayern Munich will start contract renewal talks with forward Harry Kane after the season and winger Michael Olise is not for sale, supervisory board member Kar-Heinz Rummenigge has said. Former Bayern CEO Rummenigge told the t-online portal on the eve of Tuesday's Champions League semi-final at Paris Saint-Germain that regarding Kane it is Bayern's "clear aim to renew his contract.
" England captain Kane came to Bayern in 2023 from Tottenham Hotspur for a club record €100 million ($117 million) and has scored 138 goals for them in 141 matches. He has a contract until 2027. "Getting Harry Kane to Munich was an important coup in the history of the club," Rummenigge said.
"It is known that he had a release clause. He didn't trigger that and signalled that he would definitely stay in Munich. And, as agreed, now those responsible in the operational area will hold talks with him at some stage after the season.
" Rummenigge said that Kane has undergone a transformation under coach Vincent Kompany from a striker who scored many goals to "a playing striker" who also drops back into midfield, which he named "very important" for Bayern's game. Almost as important is French winger Olise, who arrived in 2024 from Crystal Palace and boasts 39 goals plus 45 assists. Olise is said to have caught the interest of European top clubs but Rummenigge effectively declared the "wonderful player" not for sale because Bayern bosses decided several years ago "not to sell any player in the future who we would miss for sporting reasons.
"This unwritten rule still applies today. For a player like Olise, there’s no price tag that would make us bat an eyelid," Rummenigge said.