At first it seems more like a joke than a rumor, but it will eventually turn out to be true. Vincent Kompany At 38 years old, he is about to sign for Bayern Munich to replace Thomas Tuchel on the bench, according to the German and English press.
Kompany, who were unable to prevent Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League this season just a year after achieving promotion, have reached an agreement in principle with Bayern. Now the German club must reach an agreement with Burnley as the Belgian coach has four years left on his contract.
After rejections, the agreement
Relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time since 2013 by Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern are searching for a coach after announcing in February that Thomas Tuchel He will come off the bench at the end of the season.
Bayern suffered a series of setbacks in its search for a new coach, first in xabi alonso who announced at the end of March that he would remain on the Leverkusen bench, and then with Julian Nagelsmann, who renewed as German coach until the 2026 World Cup, and Ralf Rangnick, who decided to continue ruling Austria until the summer of 2026.
Faced with these rejections, the Munich leaders did not compromise Tuchel to stay in the office. The idea of keeping the German coach resurfaced after reaching the semifinals of the Champions League, losing to Real Madrid.
After playing for Anderlecht (2003/06), Hamburg (2006/08) and Manchester City (2008/19), Kompany started his career on the bench At Anderlecht in the summer of 2019, he spent a season as player-coach.
In the summer of 2022 he took the reins of Burnley and won the Championship title in 2023. But this season he was unable to maintain the Clarets’ progress and finished in penultimate place in the Premier League.
Source: La Verdad
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