“Just being at a club like Bayern Munich has helped push me on even more, confidence-wise and responsibility-wise. I feel like I’ve definitely got better, I’ve improved, and maybe the ‘aura’ of me as a player is a bit more respected than what it has been in the past, because you’re playing in big games, big nights.

Harry Kane sees a real chance of winning the next men's Ballon d'Or, saying his "aura" as a player has improved since joining Bayern Munich.

Maybe it is because Harry Kane is still waiting to win his first team trophy that would catapult him into Ballon d’Or contention. Maybe, as he said himself, people are just a bit bored of him. Or maybe it is a bizarre reluctance to properly embrace one of our own.