Kane ´ageing like a fine wine´, says Kompany

Vincent Kompany believes Harry Kane “is ageing like fine wine” as Bayern Munich seek to end the 2025-26 season with a treble.

Bayern have already won the Bundesliga title, while they face Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday.

Kane’s 12 goals this season in UEFA’s premier competition are already the most by an English player in a European Cup/Champions League campaign.

He has scored in each of his last four knockout stage games in the competition, and could equal the longest streak by a Bayern player in the Champions League (five by Robert Lewandowski between 2016 and 2018).

And after his quarter-final display, Kane has now scored (three) or assisted (three) in each of his last five Champions League games against Real Madrid; it is the longest streak by a player against the Spanish side in the competition’s history.

Overall, Kane has scored 53 goals in 45 games across all competitions this season, more than any other player in the top five European leagues.

Kompany believes Kane’s recognition has improved since his move to Bayern from Tottenham in 2023.

“He was an incredible goal-scorer, a striker who could find a way to score goals from any position, whether it be headers, left foot, right foot, distance shots,” Kompany said of how his perception of Kane has changed since the forward left England.

Next stop on the quest: Paris pic.twitter.com/5ol1Rrw4vw

— FC Bayern (@FCBayernEN) April 27, 2026

“I think his finishing was never underestimated, and I think his leadership was never underestimated either because he has had that role for his team and for his country.

“Obviously what we see a lot more is just his distribution and his work rate for the team, and his game intelligence in general.

“To combine that side of his game with the numbers he has, you have to do the job to help the team progress and then still arrive in the box, so it is not an easy thing.

“That is something we have seen and been able to enjoy, and that was maybe underestimated at the time in England, but he is ageing like fine wine so I am just enjoying seeing that side of his game for us as well.”