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I'm not completely sure of Kompany's ability to coach a team as big as Bayern Munich, but there is good potential to be expected about Bayern Munich's chances of winning the title. Bayern Munich failed to win the Bundesliga title last season because Leverkusen's performance was absolutely crazy, they were unbeaten until the last match in the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich, Dortmund and Leverkusen are the 3 favorite candidates for the title next season in the race for the title. I would put Bayern Munich as a high probability first favorite, but would probably not put them in the top 4 favorites in the Champions League. Many users really doubt Vincent Kompany, so maybe there's some basis to that.

His job as a striker is always been delivered by him to his team, his failure in winning titles depends on the coach and the team he played for in the past if not him as a striker do well almost every season since he have tones of personal awards of best striker in the Premier League for some quite number of times.

England failed at the final of the Euro 2024, people were saying that it was because of Kane since he never win any title in his career, and Bayern Munich also couldn’t win any title last season and people were also saying the same thing because he never won any title in his career. I am hoping all these will come to an end soon because he can win title at Bayern Munich.

Harry Kane had the opportunity of achieving a lot of titles in his early days in Tottenham but he was scared of leaving England to a team that will give him trophies and that was why he rejected so many offers from strong clubs including Real Madrid. But later, he was able to understand that it is not by the amount of goals that you score of being the best in a small club that cannot win any title because his juniors are busy counting how many titles that they have won but he is busy counting how many times he has won the highest goal scorer.

Now Kane needs trophies but trophies don't need him and they are scared of him because he rejected trophies in his early days when he was in Tottenham. He is a good striker and has kept to his consistency in scoring goals.

Honestly, I find it ridiculous to see that some people are criticizing Harry Kane because of Bayern Munich's failure to win any trophy last season despite the impressive number of goals the England international was able to register for his club. Harry Kane won the European golden boot award last season because he scored more league goals than any other striker in Europe's top five leagues and still finished the season with 44 goals in all competitions for the German club. He did his best and can't be the only one to win trophies for the club. It's a fact that he's not won any trophy in his career as a player but that doesn't mean that his presence was what stopped Bayern Munich from having a good season

There is no doubt Harry Kane is one of the most talented and skilled players but with this all unluckiest as well because with his impressive performance and achievements he fails to win any trophy at any level which is surely the worst thing happen with this quality player.

His first season with Bayern Munich is also having tag as one of the worst for them in decade now things are looking not easy for them to have any chance of winning trophy in coming season as well because we are having Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund doing good work for keeping things at challenge. In UEFA Champions League, we can't expect them to have chance of winning title as well because they are having no chemistry to go through against the teams like Real Madrid and Manchester City but still we can expect them to have better results.

There is no meaning in criticizing Harry Kane. It is even ridiculous.    What can he do more than this? He is scoring tons of goals every season. Even in his first season with Bayern Munich, he scored 44 goals and made 12 assists in 45 matches.

He is doing what a striker should do exactly. He is even doing more than that as this is a way extra performance. He is unlucky about team successes unfortunately. He even ran into a time in which Bayern Munich's long title series in the Bundesliga to be broken. I believe he will start achieving titles soon anyway. Maybe it might not happen in the Champions League but domestic titles would be claimed by his team. We are talking about the biggest team in Germany. 

There are too many negative assumptions about Kane and this is very natural when he came at the wrong time to Munich last season, now Kane seems to need to prove that all these negative words are completely unfounded by winning at least one prestigious trophy next season, apart from that's when we thought he was cursed without a championship trophy all this time but in fact last season Tottenham also performed quite well but they also failed to win a single trophy although without kane, I don't know what was the reason for Kane failure to win the championship trophy so far, but we should admit that he is one of the great strikers still around today and munich very luck get him.
Bayern Munich will enter a new era with Kompany so I think next season is a good opportunity for Kane to prove that we have been wrong about him and the Bundesliga or Champions League trophy could be one proof of that.

Kompany must perform well next season to challenge xabi Alonso for the Bundesliga title. Leverkusen may maintain their performance from last season and rely on Xavi Alonso to lead them to victory. I feel that when it comes to the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich has the experience every season, but they did not receive hope and defeated Leverkusen last season, which will not happen again next season. I am confident that even if Munich does not win the championship, Dortmund will be the favorite to win it.

Xavi Alonso's games are excellent, but they will most likely be defeated the following season, the other clubs will not allow this to occur. Bayern Munich are not as good in the UCL as they are in the Bundesliga, but if they enter the league and defeat Madrid, they will be serious contenders to win the UCL because Madrid is normally the favorite every season, along with Manchester City, but Madrid are more likely to win. Bayern Munich will try, but it will be difficult to win the Champions League trophy because there are experienced clubs in the competition who will easily beat them.

How much longer do we have to wait? Because, right now, Harry Kane is 31 years old and if next season Harry Kane still fails to get trophy, then I think the chance of getting a trophy will be very difficult to achieve when he turns 33 or 34. Because after old age as a striker,  there will at least be a decrease in speed and performance and thus, when he is no longer young, then Harry Kane will also have the opportunity to be on the bench.

If that happens, then the hopes of getting a trophy will be very low and also, accepting Bayern Munich offer is of course one of the reasons is about getting a trophy easily. Because previously, Bayern Munich had managed to win the Bundesliga trophy for 11 consecutive seasons. However, when Harry Kane played for Bayern Munich, then Bayern Munich's trophy streak also stopped. What's worse, lst season Bayern Munich not only failed in the Bundesliga, but Bayern Munich also failed in the DFB Pokal and meant that Bayern Munich really didn't get any trophies with the presence of Harry Kane.

There is doubt, Kane is a great striker that is consistent in his performance, he has recorded a lot of individual achievements, but his former team was the problem as well as him as well because he have a lot of offers to leave the team back then in which if he has considered he would have won some trophies in his football
Career, but as it stands, he never won any trophy in his career despite all these efforts and performances he displayed for almost a decade while playing at Tottenham.

Bayern Munich is lucky to have him, and I think his performance last season was not bad either, the team were just unlucky last season as they were unable to win a single trophy which is abnormal for Bayern.
Next coming season is another opportunity for Kane to have trophy in his name, I am sure it will be more than one trophy in the next coming season.

You are very right in saying this because I also see Leverkusen as true champions last season because Leverkusen who never lost in the Bundesliga last season was because of their own efforts, not just a coincidence. This was proven by Xabi Alonso's coaching, which was so intelligent that he received several offers from other big teams at the end of last season. However, Xabi Alonso prefers to stay in Leverkusen with the same tactics and will try to come back better next season in the Bundesliga and also in the UCL competition.

Kane is good. But I can't really understand why people were blaming him. In fact, Kane is one of the most consistent strikers in this era. It's proven with all of his personal achievements. Kane has always performed well. But, I understand if his team was the problem that made him struggle to win the trophy.



All of Kane's personal achievements above have proven how Kane is a good striker, even if he is not young anymore. I think Bayern were unlucky last season. An internal incident hurt their confidence.

It's interesting to see how good the new squad, assembled by Kompany, is in the Bundesliga. Leverkusen, last season's winner, will likely compete to defend its title. It's going to be a tough season for Bayern Munich.

LoL that of Toni kroos really got me cracking, I believe Bayern Munich will later regret selling out kroos to Real Madrid, as the guy later became an  unstoppable beast for Madrid, up to a point they got so use to him to to extent that, when he tendered his plans not to extend his contract with Madrid, Carlos Ancelotti didn't find it welcoming. Toni's move to Madrid really improved his career. David alaba too is on the same pedestrian with kroos but injuries and lack of playing time has so far affected his move to Madrid, maybe these coming season we will see him play regularly, as that defensive midfield needs more tightening for Madrid as kroos is Leaving.

Yes, the progress of the players at Real is incredible. About Vinny in his first years at Real, Benzema said "don't pass him the ball", and about Benzema, Ronaldo said the same  But in the end both of these players (I think few doubt Vinny) received/will receive the Ballon d'Or and the fact that they reached the highest level is indisputable. Another good example of how Real changes players is Kroos - Bayern got rid of him for a pittance and in Real he became a top player and collected titles in batches (destroying Bayern along the way).

In fact, Real Madrid continues to make improvements every season and it's not really because of the big transfers they made this year and more about the handling of all the staff involved in creating a deadly squad to destroy their opponents in Europe. Just imagine they can always make an immature player and transform into a star in the team and the number will continue to grow if they patiently wait for their turn.

If we remember how Vini came to Real Madrid in the past and he was almost labeled a failed purchase because of his lack of finishing in front of goal but what Vini has shown in the last 3 years is the result of his hard work because he wants to wear the Los Blancos uniform longer. In addition, there are also quite a few Real Madrid players who have a market value of over 100m euros and that's all because of the process they have produced so far.

So if a team wants to win this competition then they have to learn a lot from Real Madrid and maybe for now until the next few years the champion will still be the same and maybe Real Madrid will try to reach the peak of success three times winning the champions league in a row as happened in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

They still maintain the squad that managed to achieve success last season and the transfer market is used to improve the quality of their squad, failure in the Europa League Final last season is a valuable lesson for them and they must always be aware of anything that can harm them. Preparations for the new season's competition have been made, they will remain at their best performance even though the path to the final is not easy.

Leverkusen will be the dark horse team in UCL, they will give surprise to other teams with the high confidence of their players. Their playing style will not change and they are still a team that is able to provide competition, Manchester City and Real Madrid are still above their level, but it is not impossible for them to be able to beat these teams because surprises always come in football.

Leverkusen's last season's Bundesliga win was more than just effort. Indeed, they gave it their all, but thats inevitable in every championship race. Leverkusens unique quality was their strategic genius under Xabi Alonso. He out-thought and moved his rivals, not only inspired his players. That is the essence of a real winner. Those who discount Leverkusen's victory as a fluke or a question of chance just do not know the game.  This was about intelligence, on and off the field, not only about vitality. Leverkusen proved to the globe they are a force to be reckoned with. They changed what it means to be a champion, not only won the Bundesliga.

I don't see many people predicting that Leverkusen will slump next season, in fact what I see is that many of them hope that Leverkusen can maintain its performance next season like last season or even improve. This means that many people still want to see the competition in the Bundesliga become more interesting after Bayern Munich failed to defend their title last season.

Leverkusen will still be with Xabi Alonso, this is a challenge in itself for Xabi Alonso because he will be risking his future with Leverkusen where he has rejected many offers from big clubs who want to get his signature next season. If he fails next season, his value will decline again and many people will say what he achieved last season was a stroke of luck. However, if he is successful again, it will make him even more chased by big clubs in the following season.

Leverkusen shown some early signals of success two seasons ago when Xabi Alonso took over the coach position in second half of season and helped them to end a crisis, ranked up high on Bundesliga ranking table. Success in a last season is a good upgrade of Leverkusen but they need to take Napoli case as a warning for themselves.

Napoli after winning Scudetto in an impressive season, suddenly lost their best and last season they failed to finish in top four of Serie A. Leverkusen will face with a new season with many challenge from opponents in Bundesliga as well as Champions League.

Every team have strength and weakness and it's not exception for Leverkusen. One season and one summer for a season preparation is enough for many clubs in Bundesliga to do many research on Leverkusen and they will be better prepared than the last season to deal with Leverkusen and beat the unbeaten team throughout the last season.

Biggest opponent in Bundesliga, Bayern Munich does not stay silent and they are improving their squad and very ready to beat Leverkusen and get a domestic league crown back as soon as possible. I am sure Bayern Munich don't plan to lose the trophy to Leverkusen in two consecutive seasons.

Leverkusen have shown their prowess last season but there is no guarantee that they will be able to repeat all these achievements next season, currently Bayern Munich have recruited many players and also entrusted their team to Kompany as the new coach for next season, previously no one have thought if Alonso can able to bring glory to Leverkusen when he was first recruited as a coach, because in fact many fans actually expressed their disappointment over Leverkusen decision to recruit Alonso as a coach who at that time had no experience in coaching, but Alonso able to silence all these criticisms by bringing Leverkusen to glory after a long time, what happened to Alonso will probably happen to Kompany next season, especially since he trains a team that is full of star players so it won't be too difficult  for him to rebuild Munich next season, I personally also believe that Leverkusen will have a good performance next season, but to win the Bundesliga again of course I doubt that will happen.

Last season Alonso took Leverkusen to the European League final and he failed to win the trophy, so what can we expect from Leverkusen next season in the Champions League?
The Champions League is a league filled with the best teams in Europe and it will not be easy for Alonso and Leverkusen to conquer it next season, in the Bundesliga maybe they can compete again to win the championship trophy, but in the Champions League, I don't think they will able to do it.