On May 23, Beijing time, Fark, editor in chief of German Sports Bild, revealed that Bayern Munich will officially announce Kompany as the new coach this weekend. Prior to this, Bayern were actively in contact with Bournley, where Kompany is located, on the issue of compensation. It is worth mentioning that Burnley, who was coached by the former Manchester City captain, has just been demoted from the Premier League, but he has soared to the top and will soon become the coach of the top five European leagues.
This season, Bayern lost the German Super Cup, the German Cup, the Bundesliga, the Champions League and other events, and finally nothing. Coach Tuhel also confirmed the end of the class as early as February. However, Bayern's coach selection trip was very difficult. Famous coaches such as Xabi Alonso, Emory, Nagelsmann, Ernes and Lonnick have rejected Bayern's request. And the current coach Tuhel also decided to leave after discussing with the club about staying on. In this case, Bayern finally joined hands with Kompany, which gave people a feeling of "going to the doctor in case of illness".
Kompany, a 38 year old player, has served as the captain of both the Belgian national team and Manchester City, and is a world-class central defender. In his 11 seasons with Manchester City, he led the team to win 12 championship trophies including the Premier League, the FA Cup, the League Cup of England and the Community Shield Cup, and won the Best Player of the Premier League in 2011/12, which can be said to be remarkable. At the national team level, Kompany also led the team to the top four of the 2018 Russia World Cup as captain.
In the summer of 2019, Kompany left Etihad when his contract expired, returned to his old club Anderlecht as a coach and player, and officially retired one year later. In June 2022, Kompany accepted the invitation of Burnley, who had just been demoted from the Premier League, to be the coach, and won the championship of the English Champions League in just one season. However, due to strength, Burnley won only 5 games in 38 rounds of the Premier League this season, but lost 24 games. Finally, he was demoted again together with Luton and Sheffield United.
Hiring a coach of a demoted team in the Premier League to coach seems to be very inconsistent with Bayern's status as a top European club. However, to be favored by Bayern, the former Manchester City captain must also have two skills. Kompany, who learned from Guardiola in his career, learned a lot from his mentor. The Bernli he coached was full of Guashuai's shadow of passing the ball, whether he was organizing attacks in the backcourt, controlling the midfield, frequently crossing positions, or pushing the full back and the goalkeeper involved in passing the ball.
In the 2022/23 season of the Champions League, Burnley played a convincing pass and control football under the leadership of Kompany. However, after this tactic was promoted to the Premier League, it failed to play a corresponding effect due to the gap in the players' personal ability and eventually led to demotion. However, Kompany's tactical concept is very in line with Bayern's appetite. The tactical style of Bundesliga Banba is based on the emphasis on ball control. Both the team's senior management and fans hope that Bayern can once again propose the Guardiola style of football.
In addition, Kompany has a lot of experience in training young players. Before that, the reason why the honorary chairman of Bayern Munich Hoeness bombarded Tuhel was that he would not coach young players. More importantly, Kompany has played for Hamburg in his career and can speak fluent German, which is obviously a great advantage compared with Dzerby, who is not good at English and German.
Of course, Bayern have another important reason to look at Kompany, that is the success of Xabi Alonso. This season, Alonso led Leverkusen to achieve an amazing unbeaten record of 51 games, and won the Bundesliga championship ahead of schedule. His first team coaching career began midway last season. Compared with Alonso, Kompany's coaching from Bijia to the Champions League and then to the Premier League is obviously more solid. So why can't he be the second Xavi Alonso?
