At first it seemed more like a joke than a rumor, but it will eventually become reality. 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 have not been able to avoid Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League this season just a year after achieving promotion, have already reached an agreement in principle with Bayern. Now the German club must reach an agreement with Burnley since the Belgian coach has four more years on his contract.
After the refusals, the agreement
Stripped from the Bundesliga for the first time since 2013 by Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern is looking for a coach after announcing in February that Thomas Tuchel He would leave the bench at the end of the season.
Bayern suffered a series of setbacks in its search for a new coach, first with 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 has decided to continue leading Austria until the summer of 2026.
Faced with these refusals, the Munich leaders have not been able to reach an agreement with Tuchel to remain in office. The idea of retaining the German coach resurfaced after reaching the semifinals of the Champions League, losing to Real Madrid.
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After playing for Anderlecht (2003/06), Hamburg (2006/08) and Manchester City (2008/19), Kompany began his career on the bench At Anderlecht in the summer of 2019, he spent one 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 has not managed to maintain the Clarets’ progression and has finished in penultimate place in the Premier League.
2024-05-22 22:09:00
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