The Portuguese is still considered a proven winner by some, but his potential appointment would only decrease Kane's hopes of winning a major trophy
Bayern Munich's players couldn't contain their frustration after Saturday's chastening 3-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen. Thomas Muller openly admitted that he was "p*ssed off", while Leroy Sane even punched a camera.
As for Harry Kane, he was bitterly frustrated with the way in which Bayern struggled to string more than a couple of passes together. "We didn’t play well with the ball," the striker told . "I thought the pressure, especially in the first half and even in the second half, we pressed them well, but every time we won it back, we gave it straight back to them. That allowed them to build momentum.
"In the final third we weren't good in one-vs-one battles, we weren’t good in duels, the final delivery wasn’t there, so a really disappointing day with the ball."
Kane then confessed that "this one hurts" – which is probably putting it mildly.
(C)GettyImagesMourinho to take over from Tuchel?
After all, with Bayern now five points behind undefeated Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, and already out of the DFB-Pokal, there is a very real chance that Kane's infamous trophy drought will continue for at least another year.
The England captain moved to the Allianz Arena to win major silverware, but rather ominously, the Champions League now looks like his best bet of glory this season. One wonders, then, what Kane made of 's revelation that Jose Mourinho is now waiting in the wings to take over at Bayern should current coach Thomas Tuchel be sacked.
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Kane has been quite vocal about how much he enjoyed playing under Mourinho at former club Tottenham, describing working with the Portuguese as "a pleasure".
"I think with Jose I had a great relationship with him, we got on from minute one," he told in 2021. "I think we understood each other, we had a similar mentality and how we saw stuff on the pitch, off the pitch and mentality in training.
"Jose's got so much experience in the biggest of games at the biggest of clubs and that's what I mean by saying we had a similar mentality in that aspect in doing anything to win. And that’s the game. Jose just wanted to win. That was the mentality he was trying to put into the players at Spurs, do anything to win, and I think we did become more streetwise."
Productive partnership
As for Mourinho, he remains bitter over the fact that Spurs sacked him just days before the 2021 Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, thus depriving him of the chance to win a trophy in north London. However, he has nothing but fond memories of Kane and has repeatedly stated that the attacker will always be "my boy".
Their mutual appreciation for one another is unsurprising, given Mourinho perfectly understood that Kane was best deployed as a lone striker with the freedom to drop deep whenever he pleased. Mourinho may have been dismissed in April 2021, but he undoubtedly played a pivotal role in Kane ending that season as the Premier League's top scorer for the third time in his career.
So, while Kane has been shown nothing but love by Tuchel and is hardly struggling to score goals in Germany, the centre-forward would probably welcome a reunion in Munich if his bosses at Bayern do opt for a change of manager.
However, while Mourinho's potential arrival could be portrayed as a positive development for Kane, it would be a negative for Bayern overall.
Getty ImagesMourinho's constant complaining
Mourinho undoubtedly did a good job in difficult circumstances at Roma – at least for two seasons. He formed an incredible bond with the club's supporters, who greeted and treated him like a saviour.
Consequently, Roma matches at the Stadio Olimpico became the hottest ticket in town, particularly on European nights, and Mourinho led the Giallorossi to back-to-back continental finals, winning the first, the Conference League showdown with Feyenoord in Tirana in 2022. It was Roma's first trophy of any variety for 11 years.
However, there is a reason why Roma's owners considered sacking Mourinho after the Europa League decider against Sevilla last May: the constant complaining about match officials which culminated in the embarrassing scenes in Budapest which brought shame upon the club.
In what looked like a WWE segment, Mourinho verbally abused Anthony Taylor in the car park under the stadium, labelling the English referee a "f*cking disgrace" – even though he had managed the game admirably well.