Harry Kane named Bundesliga's Player of the Month for October 2024
Bayern Munich and England striker Harry Kane saw off competition from Willi Orbán, Ritsu Dōan, Tom Rothe, Vincenzo Grifo and Tim Kleindienst to win October's Player of the Month award.
The Player of the Month award was created by the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga in 2018/19, in cooperation with the Bundesliga's official licensing partner, EA Sports.
The award is decided through a two-stage selection process that considers both the players' individual performance data and a vote by fans and experts.
This month, the selections were made based on performances from Matchdays 6, 7 and 8, with Kane taking the prize.
October winner
Harry Kane had not scored for four consecutive Bundesliga matches prior to Bayern’s eagerly anticipated Matchday 7 clash with fellow high-fliers VfB Stuttgart. Yet it ended up being a one-sided contest as the 31-year-old scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 win, even impressing VfB forward Deniz Undav: “Respect. He hadn’t scored for four games and then he let it all out on us. He’s a world-class striker. All you can do is doff your hat.”
Kane was on target again on Matchday 8 in Bochum to take his October goal tally to four, a league-high alongside Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Tim Kleindienst. The quality of the England international’s finishing is underlined by the fact he needed just 13 attempts to register those four goals, giving him an incredible shots-to-goals ratio.
“He’s always hungry, you can even see that in training,” said Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany. He carries that onto the pitch at the weekend – regardless of whether opposing players appeal to his better nature or not. “Stop scoring against us,” Undav said to Kane in the mixed zone after Bayern’s win over Stuttgart. “Sorry bro,” was the reply, ice cold and efficient as ever.
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