Manchester United could be made to instantly regret £100m Harry Kane transfer decision

Manchester United had a plan to stop and sign Harry Kane last season. One succeeded and the other failed.

In a parallel universe, the free-scoring England captain would have been preparing to gun down six-time winners Bayern Munich in the Champions League this season, but he will instead spearhead the charge for the Bundesliga heavyweights, against United and other Group A opponents. FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray complete the make-up of what will be a hugely exciting and difficult challenge for Erik ten Hag and his players.

No matter who United drew upon their return to the marquee European competition, it would have drummed up more than enough sub-plots to provide a fitting script for their impending charge. Rasmus Hojlund's brothers, twins Emil and Oscar, are making their way at Denmark side Copenhagen and who can forget that infamous 'Welcome to Hell' showdown between United and Galatasaray in October 1993? But the immediate focus is Kane.

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United registered an interest in the now-former Tottenham striker as far back as March this year. Fast forward five months and the 30-year-old is up, running and banging them in for Bayern.

With three goals in two early-season Bundesliga matches, the Londoner is starting to pay back the £100million fee United, seemingly, deemed too much before spending £72m on Hojlund instead. Of course, it was never going to be easy for the Old Trafford giants to strike up business with Daniel Levy in any case.

Bayern always had a leg up when it came to dealing with Tottenham chairman Levy - a