The England captain ended a long wait for the first silverware of his career by winning the Bundesliga title with Bayern Munich and is delighted to have silenced those who mocked his lack of honours.

Kane told The Times newspaper: "It is a weight on the shoulders. I'm very aware of the fact that I hadn't won it. I put myself under more pressure than anyone else. As the years go by you start to think: 'Is it going to happen?' You keep going, you keep pushing yourself and good things come and this is definitely one of those. And we'll see what people talk about now. I'm sure they'll find something and I'll take it in my stride."

The striker's failure to win silverware had led to talk of a trophy "curse" but he is now targeting more success with Bayern after ending his drought.

Kane explained: "I'm not different to what I was before I won. It was something that was missing from my resumé. I'd achieved a lot of big things in my career from an individual point of view and this is one of those things I obviously wanted to achieve, a team title, a league title. And there's still team trophies I want to achieve so it doesn't stop now, it ain't like: 'This is the end and I hang my boots up happy.'

"This is just the beginning of hopefully more to come."

Kane moved to Bayern from Tottenham in 2023 and explained that he made the decision to "push himself" at the highest level.

The marksman said: "It was a big decision. I could have easily stayed at Spurs, played in the Premier League and carried on scoring goals, but I wanted to push myself. I wanted to see how good I could be and play in the biggest games, the biggest title run-ins and Champions League games. I've done that.

"Though we've not been successful in the other competitions we've played in big games and big nights. And I think that tonight is just the start of something special."