German and English media report that the Belgian coach, who dropped to the Championship with Burnley after a year in the elite, is about to become the new manager of the Bavarian giant.
The 2023-2024 season in Europe is not yet over but the transfer market is already moving, in an emerging way, for the next campaign, post-European Championship. Not only are the movements linked to footballers, but also to coaches. In this direction, Bayern Munich is one of the greats of the Old Continent which is looking for a new coach, after Thomas Tuchel’s announcement not to continue after the end of the season.
The Bundesliga ended last weekend and the Bavarian team finished in third position in the standings, with 72 points, behind Bayer Leverkusen (undefeated champions) and Stuttgart, the surprise of the German championship. In addition, they were eliminated in the semi-final of the Champions League, against Real Madrid. A battery of names has been proposed as options for the Munich team, the most successful in its country. However, the one that is about to happen is the most surprising. The one that few people projected.
The German and English press reports that Vincent Kompany has an agreement in principle with the Bavarian outlet to become the new first team coach. The former Belgian defender, icon of Manchester City, was going to take on the most difficult challenge of his young coaching career, at 38 years old.
The surprise is that Kompany’s most recent experience as technical director came amid relegation to the Premier League. It only lasted a year Burnley in the elite of British football, after gaining promotion with the Clarets. He finished second to last with 24 points. Despite the poor results, the former defender finished his 38 matches at the helm of the club which counts Chilean goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux on its squad. Beyond this principle of agreement announced from the Old Continent, Bayern Munich will now have to negotiate with the English team because the coach still has four years on his contract.
After failing to win the Bundesliga for the first time since 2013, facing attacks from Leverkusen (Europa League runners-up), Bayern began the search for a coach after Tuchel announced in February that He would leave the bench at the end of the season. the season. Germany’s most powerful team has faced several problems finding his replacement. They tried with Xabi Alonso, but he confirmed his permanence in the Aspirinas team (also ruling out interest from Liverpool).
It also sounded Julien Nagelsmann Germany coach, about to play in the European Cup, and Ralf Rangnick , former manager of Manchester United and now part of the Austrian national team. Even the name of Zinedine Zidane , which also had no effect. Faced with these refusals, the leaders moved to try to retain Tuchel. But all roads, at the end of this note, lead to Kompany.
The former defender began his career on the Anderlecht bench in 2019, as player-coach. In 2022, he took over at Burnley and won the league title in the 2022–23 campaign, achieving promotion with 101 points. And after a season in the first division, he returned to the second category.
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