Sometimes the scripts write themselves. And then there are times when they seemingly take a wicked turn and delight in the perversion of delivering a dark farce.
For 36 hours, many citizens of Munich had worked themselves into a frenzy over the on-off arrival of Harry Kane. And here we finally were at Bayern’s own Allianz Arena in Munich with Kane thrust straight into the squad with the chance to win the German Super Cup, last season’s champions Bayern taking on the Cup winners RB Leipzig.
We could all see where this was heading: thirteen years at Spurs and no trophies.