Vincent Kompany is a man stuck in a cap. The garment is inseparable in training and in games for the new Bayern coach, 1.93 meters that impresses, crowned by the visor. However, yesterday he appeared before the press with his head bald, naked. Nor would he have been able to hide the intentions of the Belgian, a 38-year-old former centre-back, only two years older than Lewandowski: “Neither Flick’s Barça nor we want to adapt to the rival. “We are going to play as always, on the attack,” he announced. That courage is what brought him to office.
Bayern is not used to being beaten. He doesn’t usually receive denials, neither from players nor from coaches. But last summer he saw how Nagelsmann, the current German coach, refused to return and how Xabi Alonso, who left them without the Bundesliga after 11 years, decided to keep his word and fulfill his contract with Bayer.
After the refusals of Nagelsmann and Xabi Alonso
A call to Rummenigge to Guardiola was the first step for the arrival of Kompany
Sports director Max Eberl turned to vice-president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. He asked him to make a call to Pep Guardiola and ask his opinion of Kompany. That conversation was key for the Belgian’s arrival at Bayern… after being relegated to Burnley in the Premier!
The Belgian, born on the outskirts of Brussels, rose to the clarets in 2022-23 with seven games in advance (101 points, only three defeats, one when they were already Championship champions) but then they were not able to achieve permanence. They only won seven games: five in the Premier and two in the Carabao Cup.
He even plays with a 3-2-5
A lover of risk, he praised the work of La Masia for the discovery of Lamine Yamal and Cubarsí
In just over two months with Bayern he has already celebrated the same triumphs. The objectives now are different, much greater. But the risky idea (sometimes he plays a 3-2-5) is the same. And that makes me value Barça’s talents a lot. “It is exceptional that so soon after Messi left they already have a player who can replace him like Lamine Yamal. All my respects to La Masia for believing in the players and giving them the opportunity,” he exclaimed.
Although Kompany, due to professional deformation, feels weakness for another young youth player: Cubarsí. “He will be one of the defensive leaders in world football. I was lucky to start young (at Anderlecht) but not at that level, in one of the best leagues. If he doesn’t have injuries he will be a great player,” he predicted.
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