Former Germany striker Jurgen Klinsmann, said that Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane should be taken into account among the favorites for the next Golden Ball. The winner of the 1990 World Cup said that Kane should “be absolutely in the first three of the Ballon d’Or”, awarded each year to the best male footballer, but added that a race in the last stages of the Champions League would be crucial for the chances of 31 years. Kane Bayern, Inter Milan on Tuesday in the first leg of his quarter -final of the Champions League in Munich.
“If you go at least in the Final Four, probably if you win the Champions League, it happens in a way,” Klinsmann told AFP and other media during a call from his Los Angeles home on Monday.
Michael Owen was the last English player to win the Ballon d’Or, collecting the prize in 2001.
Klinsmann, who, like Kane, took the Pas de Tottenham in Bayern, said he saw parallels with his own career path.
“He had a situation similar to what I had at the club level. Until I leave the Spurs and went to Bayern, I did not yet have a club title.
“I have always said that if Harry left the Spurs at some point, he will have the opportunity to win titles with his club team.”
Bayern is currently six points away from the defending champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga with six games to play, putting Kane on the right track for a first title of his career.
Klinsmann never won the Ballon d’Or but finished second in the vote in 1995.
The 60 -year -old jokes saying that timing, rather than talent, prevented him from raising the greatest individual high price in sport.
“I was a little unlucky because when I am in second position, they opened it for the very first time to players outside Europe.
“And then there was a certain George Weah, who had an excellent year with AC Milan.
“It’s my bad timing.”
Weah, from Liberia, became the first and in 2025, the only African player to win the award.
The Manchester City midfielder and Spain Rodri is the current holder of the Ballon d’Or, with the price of this season which should be awarded in the fall.
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