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Vincent Kompany: Burnley boss is Bayern Munich's preferred choice to become new head coach - Sky in Germany
Sky in Germany: Burnley boss Vincent Kompany is Bayern Munichs preferred choice to become their new boss; both parties undergoing concrete and positive talks but there is no agreement yet; Bayern have also gathered information on Mauricio Pochettino but no discussions have taken place
Would be quite a statement.
Can't see the quality in Kompany myself but will be keen to see if I am proven wrong.
I remember a journalist in Germany (may have been Raphael Honigstein) saying something to the effect that the culture at Bayern has been to sound the emergency alarm whilst they're winning, if there's the slightest hint of a problem. The idea being that this means they'll fix any issues before they get to a real disaster.
This had been working for them in the short term, but the constant state of panic they put themselves in leading to Ancelotti's sacking, fallings out with Flick, Nagelmann sacking etc. Seems to have eroded long term planning or foundations there.
13% top flight win percentage to Bayern manager.
And he's taking Craig fucking Bellamy with him.
Bayern has always been a madhouse. But it's usually been kept just within the playing squad. Players sleeping with each others wives. Multiple cliqs that don't get a long and actively undermine each other. That sort of thing. They are called FC Hollywood for a reason.
But recently it has sippered into the boardroom and executive level. Guys like Neuer and Müller have sway with people above the manager and have been able to undercut them.
Nagelsmann actually managed to get the long standing goalkeeping coach fired when he was there. That man is Neuer's best friend and was rumoured to actively leak info from coaching staff meetings to Neuer and other players. And they then went running to the big wigs.
Nagelsmann got fired not long after that despite being on a great run of form.
still not a patch on "we'll have a right fakin' sort ahhht in here"
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVj45yN72uU
How do you get your team relegated because you have no plan B (sound familiar?) and yet be rewarded for failure with a job of this magnitude?
Poor Harry. I'm starting to believe he actually is cursed.
Poor Harry. I'm starting to believe he actually is cursed.
Kompany is a promising manager in spite of the relegation. And he has the name value from his playing days and more importantly, the stamp of approval from Pep.
That's going to be the new hotness when recruting managers for the next few years. Guys connected to Pep and his school of football. Clubs will want their own answer to Arteta similarly to how clubs wanted someone connected to Rangnick and the Gegenpress style during the 10s.
Wow! Only just seen this.Vincent Kompany: Burnley boss is Bayern Munich's preferred choice to become new head coach - Sky in Germany
Sky in Germany: Burnley boss Vincent Kompany is Bayern Munichs preferred choice to become their new boss; both parties undergoing concrete and positive talks but there is no agreement yet; Bayern have also gathered information on Mauricio Pochettino but no discussions have taken placewww.skysports.com
Would be quite a statement.
Can't see the quality in Kompany myself but will be keen to see if I am proven wrong.
That's a massive step up for him.
Müller and Neuer must be on their way out surely?
I'm not sure about this appointment, Kompany's way of playing should work a lot better at Bayern but I don't know if he will be able to manager those types of players the same way he's been able to do at Burnley and in Belgium. Bayern's squad is older, I'm not sure if they'll even respect him.
Honestly, I don't even think Conte would've been a bad appointment. Just get him for a season and win the Bundesliga back.
Honestly, I don't even think Conte would've been a bad appointment. Just get him for a season and win the Bundesliga back.
Those two will never be forced out at Bayern. They have way too much sway and power backstage. They will leave when they want to leave sadly.
I love that clip but I never know how they all keep a straight face. I’d have just started laughing.
I can’t take that hard man manager act seriously. If he’s going to do something do it, don’t talk about it.