Harry Kane told he’ll be ‘absolutely miserable’ in post-football career amid links to $20m job

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Harry Kane claimed football’s ultimate prize this week.On Monday, the Bayern Munich superstar became the first Englishman to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or award in 25 years, taking his place among the greats of the game.Kane ended England’s 25-year wait for a Ballon d’Or winner as he finished in front of Mbappe and YamalAFPThe 33-year-old striker scored a stunning 73 goals in 65 matches for Bayern and England combined during the 2025/26 season.He won the Bundesliga title at club level, breaking endless records along the way, and lifted the German Cup and German Super Cup as well as captaining the Three Lions to the World Cup semi-finals.Kane was rewarded with a three-year deal with Bayern that will keep him in Bavaria until 2029, but once that expires, he may have his eyes set on potentially switching sports.Kane told he would be miserable becoming NFL kickerKane has previously floated the idea of joining the NFL as a kicker alongside a split role with a Major League Soccer (MLS) team.“It all depends on what happens in my career over the next five or six years, the motivation and what I want to do,” Kane once said.“The NFL is a lot more realistic, let’s put it that way.”However, talkSPORT’s Senior US Reporter, Brian T. Smith, said Kane would be miserable if he joined one specific team and made his dream a reality.“Harry Kane is coming for your job,” Smith said on talkSPORT’s Inside the NFL show.“I have seen it with my own eyes, he is pretty damn good, he can kick better than some NFL kickers.”Kane scored 73 goals in 65 matches for Bayern and England combined during the 2025/26 seasonGettySmith predicted Kane would join the Jets and be miserableX: @SpursOfficial“Do you know what’s frustrating about that?,” co-host Jay Lawrence replied.“If Harry Kane were to genuinely want to give that a go, then I think it’s getting to a point now where he will be too old. It will be a PR exercise for whatever team.”“You know what will happen, Woody Johnson will pay Harry Kane $20m just to get him in the Jets uniform and do some branding,” Smith added.“Then he ends up on a 3-14 team and is absolutely miserable.”Johnson, worth an estimated $10 billion, has been the New York Jets‘ owner since 2000.The Jets have missed the playoffs every season since 2011, and this season is doing little to buck that trend with Johnson seemingly reluctant to make major changes.Cam Little warns Kane about transition to NFL kickerJaguars kicker Cam Little made the game-winning field goal in Jacksonville’s Week 5 London win over the Philadelphia Eagles.Little, who played soccer until he was 16, gave some advice to England’s record-breaking striker about a potential move across the pond.Little warned Kane that the transition from soccer to the NFL is difficultGetty“It’s just so different, sitting there on the sidelines the whole game,” Little told The Associated Press.“You’re not going to get on the ball, and you don’t have the same moxie, I guess, because he is a star striker for the team.“So that moxie is just kind of put to the side. You’ve got to let everyone else do the big man’s job, and then you’re out there just to back everyone up basically.”“He’s probably talented enough to do it. His technique in soccer is so good. But it’s just such a different mental, I’d say, challenge than soccer.”Sign up for talkSPORT Stateside, the YouTube channel dedicated to passionate US Sports fans. Will Gavin, Brian T. Smith, former NFL star Efe Obada and a collection of special guests debate the biggest talking points across the NFL, soccer, NBA and more.