Dimitar Berbatov 'cried' over Harry Kane's departure to Tottenham and sums up the former Spurs star in one word

Dimitar Berbatov has revealed he was stunned no Premier League club wanted Harry Kane and hailed the England captain as a “machine”.

It has been over a year since Kane left Tottenham for Bayern Munich for £86m with add-ons that could increase the total transfer fee to around £100m.

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Since then, he reached the final of Euro 2024 with England and surpassed Erling Haaland to become the fastest player to score 50 goals, in just 35 games.

But Berbatov believes Kane deserved to stay in the Premier League, as he revealed he felt like most Tottenham fans when the Spurs striker left for the Bundesliga.

When asked what he thought of Kane The talkSPORT lineupHe shook his head and said: “Harry Kane “It's a machine.”

“That day (he left) he was crying,” Berbatov said.

“Well, not crying! But I was like 'really?!'

“Did no other Premier League club want him to stay here?”

Manchester City, current Premier League champions, had been interested in Kane in 2021.

Sergio Agüero had left for Barcelona that summer and City needed to replace him.

However, their £100million offer for Kane was not enough to persuade Spurs to part with their talisman.

Two years later he went to Germany and now has a contract until June 2027.

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Meanwhile, City signed Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund and Spurs have Dominic Solanke starting now.

Kane played 435 games for Spurs, becoming their all-time leading scorer with 280 goals and 61 assists.

Berbatov, meanwhile, played 102 times for Spurs, scoring 46 goals and assisting 29 between 2006 and 2008, and as a result both strikers have written themselves firmly into the club's history books.

Berbatov also won the League Cup with the club in 2008.

The Bulgarian scored the tie in the final against Chelsea to cancel out Didier Drogba's first goal.

Jonathan Woodgate scored the winner in injury time to claim Tottenham's latest trophy.