Even Harry Kane, who bombed 36 goals in the German Bundesliga last season, was not considered a world class.

"Kicker," Germany's top soccer magazine known for its strict evaluation, gave a rather harsh evaluation to Kane, who scored the most points and most offensive points in the league with 36 goals and eight assists in the Bundesliga alone last season.

The media cited Kane's failure to perform against Spain in the UEFA 2024 European Championship Euro 2024 final as one of the reasons why he was not evaluated as a world class.

"Kicker," Germany's most prestigious soccer magazine, releases "Langliste," which divides players into grades at the end of each season's half. The Langliste grades are divided into three categories: Weltklasse World Class, Internationale Klasse International Class, and Nationale Klasse National Class.

Among them, the standard of "Kicker" who evaluates the world class is famous for being tricky. The media is known to evaluate only by their skills regardless of the reputation of the players when rating the world class, and for this reason, many of the players who left a clear mark in the Bundesliga have not received a world class grade from "Kicker."

Kane was included in the list. "Kicker" classified Kane as an international class rather than a world class in the recently announced Langliste for the second half of the 2023-24 Bundesliga. There was no world class at all, and Kane, who is located at the top of the international class, received the highest ranking.

As soon as Kane moved to Munich last summer, he scored 36 goals in the league alone, showing off his tremendous scoring ability. It was a performance that reminded people of Roberto Lewandowski, who was in charge of Munich's front line in the past, or on the contrary, made them forget Lewandowski's performance.

The same was true at the UEFA Champions League. Kane started all 12 Champions League matches that Munich played last season, scoring eight goals and four assists, spearheading Munich's offense. Kane posted the final record of 44 goals and 12 assists in 45 matches during the 2023-24 season.

It has also been followed by tremendous individual awards. Kane was awarded the European Golden Shoe, Bundesliga top scorer, Champions League top scorer, Champions League best Eleven, and Munich player of the year for his performance in the 2023-24 season. Kane received almost all of the awards a striker can receive.

However, "Kicker" evaluated that Kane was not worthy of the world class at Langliste.

"Kicker" said of Kane, "The Euro final against Spain was a game to decide whether Kane, who had a tremendous season in the Bundesliga, will be world class or not. Kane, England's captain, struggled to advance to the Euro tournament like other players and failed to win the final," adding, "There is no doubt that he was the best striker, playing as if the ball had a magnet in the opponent's penalty area and playing as a playmaker when coming down."

In fact, he explained that he did not receive the World Class rank due to his disappointing performance in the Euro.  토토사이트 모음

The explanation is not incomprehensible at all. Indeed, Kane was not like Kane throughout the 2024 Euro tournament. Rather, it is safe to say that whenever Kane was silent, other players including Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka played an active role to lead England to the final. This is why the "kicker" cannot be said to be too harsh.