Harry Kane has always been an phenomenal player for almost 10 seasons. Nobody can take it away from him.

Having that said, I don’t think Kane actually improved as a player at Bayern but rather his situation allows him to score goals a lot easier than before. Currently, Kane is on pace to surpass Lewandowski’s record for most Bundesliga goals for 1 season.

Before Kane would officially join Bayern, most people fully expected him to score loads of goals in Bundesliga. It’s the most offensive minded league among Europe’s top 5 league with higher goal ratio than anywhere else. Bayern have players who can provide tons of service for a striker.

As the title says; Which strikers currently could replicate Harry Kane’s Bundesliga numbers for Bayern Munich do you think?

  • westbywestbywest@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you look back through the eras of strikers Bayern have had up front even players like Gomez, Klose, Toni, Mandzukic, etc were all able to put up pretty crazy numbers of goals per 90 minute played. Mario Gomez in 2011 and 2012 averaged a goal every 88 minutes. Where would you have ranked Gomez in the best strikers of 2012?

    It’s the combination of the other 9 other outfield players and their relative advantage over other teams, but when I think of the list of players who might not match Harry but could score 35-40 goals for Bayern:

    • Haaland
    • Mbappe
    • Osimhen
    • Isak
    • Martinez
    • Boniface
    • Schick
    • Nkunku
    • Kolo Muani
    • Lukaku
    • J. David
    • Vlahovic
    • Alvarez
    • G. Ramos
    • Openda

    It’s a lot longer than people think.

    • ylno83@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Nailed it. The bar for being a great striker at Bayern is low, as you just need to exist up top to score. When you get a truly great striker like Kane, the numbers pump into the stratosphere. When you have an average-at-best striker like 34 year old Choupo-Moting, the numbers are still fine (15 goals in all competitions last season). Strikers feast within the Bayern machine

    • Mirabellum1@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Gomez in 2012 was crazy undervalued. The guy also had 32 scorers (24 goals/8 assists) in 32 games with Stuttgart in 10/11. He gets forgotten easily since h was injured when the national team won the World Cup but he was a class striker.

      Klose and Mandzukic dont have a single Bayern season with 20+ goals and Toni has a single 20+ season with 24 goals in 07/08

      They arent comparable to Lewandowski and Kane at all