The 32-year-old England captain now has eight Bundesliga hat-tricks since joining Bayern from Spurs in the summer of 2023. Kane was subbed off to rapturous applause with four minutes remaining as the defending German champions, winners of 12 of the past 13 Bundesliga titles, sounded a warning on the opening day of the competition.

Talks took a back-seat in recent days as Simons vowed to pull on the Leipzig shirt and help them face reigning champions Bayern Munich on Friday. Unfortunately, things did not exactly go to plan as Leipzig fell to a humbling 6–0 defeat.