'We'll see what people talk about now' - Harry Kane takes aim at critics & echoes Rory McIlroy after finally ending trophy curse with Bundesliga title at Bayern Munich

The England captain found himself at the centre of a tiresome debate after seeing major silverware elude him with club and country. He picked up countless individual accolades, breaking goalscoring records in the process, but never landed major silverware.

That curse has been broken in 2025, with Kane now a champion in German football, with wild celebrations being enjoyed by the prolific 31-year-old striker. He is understandably delighted to have got his hands on a first winners’ medal.

Kane has told The Times: “I’m very aware of the fact that I hadn’t won [a trophy]. I put myself under more pressure than anyone else could put me under. As the years go by you start to think: ‘Is it going to happen?’

“I just credit my resilience because of the things I’ve had to deal with in my career; you just keep going and keep pushing yourself and good things will come and this is definitely one of those.”

Kane is a big golf fan and took inspiration from seeing Rory McIlroy win The Masters earlier this year, with the Northern Irishman saying on the back of that success, which saw him complete the career Grand Slam of major titles: “What are we all going to talk about next year?”

Kane added while echoing those sentiments: “Yeah, we’ll see what people talk about now. I’m sure they’ll find something and I’ll take it in my stride. I’m not different to what I was before I won.

“It was something that was missing from my resume. I’d achieved a lot of big things in my career from an individual point of view and this is one of those things I obviously wanted to achieve, a team title, a league title.

“And there’s still team trophies I want to achieve so it doesn’t stop now, it’s not like: ‘This is the end and I hang my boots up happy’. This is just the beginning of hopefully more to come.”

Kane will be chasing down more tangible success at the FIFA Club World Cup this summer. He also forms part of England’s 2026 World Cup qualification campaign, having previously endured two European Championship final defeats with the Three Lions.