BAYERN MUNICH have confirmed the appointment of Vincent Kompany as their new coach.
The Manchester City legend was revealed on Wednesday to have left relegated Burnley in a £10m deal.
Kompany, 38, replaces Thomas Tuchel as Bayern’s new coach.
And their main task will be to restore their place as Germany’s number one club after Bayern’s run of 11 consecutive seasons ended with Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen.
Kompany became his main target after criticism from several big names.
Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann and Ralf Rangnick are among the fraudsters who rejected Bayern’s advances following Tuchel’s messy fallout.
But Kompany jumped at the chance to take charge at the Allianz Arena following Burnley’s return to the Championship.
The Belgian, who won four Premier League titles as a Man City player, is seen as one of the most promising young players in football.
He could now attack England’s top flight in search of several stars.
SunSport understands that Crystal Palace ace and Euro hopeful Adam Wharton is on Kompany’s shopping list, as is Man City Treble winner Jack Grealish.
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And Bayern’s new coach can’t wait to get to work after signing a contract until 2027.
Kompany said: “I’m looking forward to the challenge of FC Bayern. It’s a great honor to be able to work for this club – FC Bayern is an institution in international football.
Vincent Kompany Career History
These numbers in full:
- Anderlecht, 2003-2006: 103 games, 6 goals
- Hamburg, 2006-2008: 51 games, 4 goals
- Manchester City, 2008-2019: 360 games, 20 goals
- Anderlecht, 2019-2020: 18 games, 1 goal
- Belgium, 2004-2019: 89 games, 4 goals
- Trophies: Belgian First Division x2 (Anderlect); Intertoto Cup (Hamburg); Premier League x2, FA Cup x2, Carabao Cup x4, Community Shield x2 (Man City)
Managerial career
- Anderlecht, 2019-2022: P96 W42 D34 L20
- Burnley, 2022-2024: P96 W41 D24 L31
- Trophies: Championship (Burnley)
“As a coach, you have to defend who you are as a person: I love having the ball, being creative – and we also have to be aggressive and courageous on the pitch.
“Now I’m looking forward to the most basic things: working with the players, building a team. Once the foundation is in place, success will follow.”
Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen noted: “Everyone at the club agrees that Vincent Kompany is the right coach for FC Bayern and we look forward to working with him.
“Max Eberl and Christoph Freund never gave up and worked meticulously to find a coach who would lead FC Bayern to success and develop it further with new ideas. Vincent Kompany represents exactly the unity and team spirit we need.”
Max Eberl, one of Bayern’s sporting directors, said: “We are very pleased to have signed Vincent Kompany for FC Bayern. In our discussions with him, we were immediately on the same page.
“He made it clear to us how much the job at FC Bayern attracts him and that he absolutely wants to accept it. Vincent Kompany is hungry and has everything he needs: even as a player he was a prominent figure at the top of the international team . football and is also progressing as a coach.
“We would like to see more continuity in this position. Together with him, we want to achieve a lot at FC Bayern – and of course, be successful together.”
Christoph Freund, another sporting director at Bayern, added: “Vincent Kompany is a type of coach who adapts very well to FC Bayern’s philosophy and playing identity: his teams want the ball, they want to play dominant, high-intensity football. .
“He is a young and very ambitious coach, who brings a lot of international experience, follows the players and knows exactly what needs to happen on the pitch. He can and will give a lot to our team.”
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