Harry Kane has signed a new Bayern Munich contract running until 2029. The England captain’s extension was announced on November 5, shortly after he won the 2026 Ballon d’Or.
The striker had been in the final year of the four-year agreement he signed when he joined from Tottenham in 2023. The new term keeps him under contract until shortly before his 36th birthday.
What Kane said about staying
Kane said he and his family were happy in Munich and that he wanted to win more titles with Bayern. He praised the team and manager Vincent Kompany in comments carried by BBC Sport.
That is a stated reason for extending, rather than proof that a return to England can never happen. A contract establishes the present agreement; it does not settle every future transfer decision.
The scoring record behind the deal
At the announcement, Kane had 102 goals in 102 Bundesliga appearances and three successive league Golden Boot awards. He scored a club-record 61 goals in 51 matches across all competitions in 2025-26, when Bayern won the league and cup double.
His combined England and Bayern total for that season was 73 goals in 65 games. BBC reported a Bayern career total of 156 goals in 161 matches at the time of the new deal. The Bundesliga total and all-competitions total measure different sets of games and should not be mixed.
The Premier League comparison
Kane remains 47 goals short of Alan Shearer’s Premier League record of 260. Staying in Germany reduces the immediate opportunity to chase that record, but the extension is not a formal retirement from Premier League football.
For Bayern, the concrete effect is that a leading scorer who was approaching the end of his agreement is now contracted through 2029. For readers tracking his records, the figures above are a snapshot from November 5 and will change with later appearances.
Sources: BBC Sport and Associated Press. For a separate international-career decision, see our Ronaldo retirement report.
Updated November 7, 2026: removed unsupported match detail and predictions about Kane’s motives and future trophies. Scoring totals are now clearly dated and separated by competition scope.
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