Munich (AFP)
Belgian Vincent Kompany is close to coaching Bayern Munich, according to local media.
The newspapers indicated that Kompany, 38 years old, the coach of Burnley, who was relegated to the first division “Championship” in England this season, is on the verge of succeeding Thomas Tuchel.
According to the newspaper “Bild” and the “Sky” network, a preliminary agreement was reached between Bayern and Kompany, with the Belgian becoming the next coach of the Bavarian club.
Bild revealed that Bayern Munich must now reach an agreement with Burnley, as Kompany still has a four-year contract.
Bayern is looking for a new coach, after deciding at the end of last February to part ways with Tuchel at the end of his season, after a series of disappointing results, as the Bavarian team left “empty-handed” this season.
Bayern suffered a series of setbacks in its quest for a new coach, as it first tried to sign Spaniard Xabi Alonso, who announced at the end of last March that he would remain on the Bayer Leverkusen bench, then he tried with his former coach, Julian Nagelsmann, but the latter renewed his contract as head of the coaching staff of the German national team. Then Ralph Rangnick decided to remain coach of Austria until “summer 2026.”
Bayern officials tried to reach an agreement with Tuchel to complete the adventure, especially after the team reached the semi-finals of the Champions League (they were eliminated by Spanish Real Madrid), but their efforts were not crowned with success.
After defending the colors of Hamburg when he was a player from 2006 to 2008, Kompany played for Manchester City in England from 2008 to 2019, before starting his coaching career with his former team, Anderlecht in Belgium, in the summer of 2019, where he spent a season as a player and coach.
In the summer of 2022, he took over the leadership of Burnley, and won the first division title with him in the spring of 2023, but he failed to keep him among the elite clubs, and he ended the 2023-2024 season in nineteenth place in the English Premier League.
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