Harry Kane extends deal at Bayern Munich until 2029 a week after winning Ballon d'Or

MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane has extended his contract at Bayern Munich until 2029, a week after winning the Ballon d'Or.

The German champion announced the new deal for the England captain on Thursday after long-running talks.

Kane moved to Bayern from Tottenham in 2023 and his contract was due to run out at the end of this season.

“I feel right at home at FC Bayern. I love the club, the fans and the city of Munich. We have a fantastic team and, in Vincent Kompany, a fantastic manager," Kane said. "It makes me very proud to be part of this club. My whole family is very happy here. I was keen to stay. I’m now looking forward to the future and I want to win many more titles with this great club.”

Kane’s Ballon d’Or win last week made him the first English player in 25 years to win the soccer world’s most respected individual award, and the first from the German league in 30 years.

Kane has 156 goals in 161 games for Bayern, smashing Bundesliga records along the way, and finally winning the team trophies which eluded him in his time at Tottenham.

His haul of 73 goals for Bayern and England last season was a crucial factor in his Ballon d'Or win. After years of individual accolades but no competition wins at Tottenham, Kane won the German title with Bayern in 2024-25 and the league and cup double last season.

Soccer's biggest trophies still elude him after reaching the semifinals of the Champions League with Bayern and the World Cup semifinals with England last season.

“What began as a major transfer has, over time, become a special chapter in FC Bayern’s history,” Bayern president Herbert Hainer said. “Harry Kane lives up to every promise football has to offer, and he has secured his place in the hearts of the fans as one of the greatest figures in the sport of our time.”

The 33-year-old Kane is the second-highest all-time scorer in the English Premier League with 213 goals, 47 behind former Blackburn and Newcastle great Alan Shearer.

He will be 35 when his new contract expires, potentially leaving little time for any return to England to chase that record.

Bayern’s next game is on Saturday against Mainz in the Bundesliga.

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Munich's Harry Kane, the men's Ballon d'Or winner, waves to the fans before the German Cup soccer game between Bayern Munich and 1. FC Magdeburg, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in Munich, Germany. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

Bayern Munich's Harry Kane holds the Ballon d'Or trophy ahead of the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

LONDON (AP) — A British man being treated for Ebola in Congo is being evacuated to the U.K., the government said Thursday.

The man, believed to be a healthcare worker, is the first British patient evacuated from the current outbreak of the deadly virus, and the third person to have tested positive to return to Europe.

The patient is expected to be taken to the Royal Free Hospital in London, which has a high level isolation unit that was used to treat patients from an Ebola outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2015.

The Foreign Office said the U.K.’s procedures for dealing with infectious diseases had been activated and the risk to the public from Ebola is low.

France confirmed a case in June in a doctor — since recovered — who had returned from a humanitarian mission in Congo. A Swiss woman believed to have contracted the virus in Uganda was medically evacuated to Geneva for treatment last month and her husband, a diplomat, was held in isolation in Zurich.

The disease spreading in some of Congo’s remotest provinces has infected 10,600 people, more than 5,100 of whom have died. It’s spread to 67 health zones across eight provinces, from three zones when it was first declared in May.

“The infection of a British healthcare worker with Ebola is deeply concerning, but it is not entirely unexpected,” said Dr. Damien Tully, an infectious disease expert at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. “Healthcare workers are on the front line of these outbreaks, often treating severely ill patients under extremely challenging conditions. Even with rigorous protective measures, accidental exposures can occur.”

A patient is being transferred in a isolation unit from a rescue aircraft to a rescue helicopter of Swiss Air Rescue at Zurich Airport on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in Zurich, Switzerland. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

A healthcare worker in protective clothing is disinfected by a colleague inside a treatment center for Ebola patients in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)