Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed Vincent Kompany will be Bayern Munich’s next manager, and Man city boss Pep Guardiola gave him a “good hand” in choosing him.
The appointment of the former Burnley Bergian manager as Bayern Munich’s new man in-charge is expected to be announced this week.
According to numerous reports, Kompany will sign a three-year contract at the Allianz Arena following their agreement on a €12.2 million (£10.2 million) compensation package.
Rummenigge, the current club director and Bayern veteran, has provided the first formal confirmation that Kompany will be named as Thomas Tuchel’s successor.
Kompany to be named Bayern Munich boss
Speaking at the European Globe Soccer Awards, the former vice president of Bayern Munich also discussed Guardiola’s impact on the change.
“Our sporting director [Max Eberl] has chosen Kompany, it is not yet official but there are only the last details to be sorted out,” he told Sky Sports. “I am convinced that Kompany will arrive in the end.”
“Guardiola spoke to us in a very positive way about Vincent. He had him at [Manchester] City as captain and Pep also followed him when he was at Burnley, so he gave us a good hand.”
Kompany will be tasked with turning Bayern’s fortunes around after a below-par season in the Bundesliga, where they finished third, 18 points adrift of title winners Bayer Leverkusen.
“After having won the Bundesliga 11 times in a row, this year the domestic season was not good,” Rummenigge added.
“In Europe, however, we got to the semi-final and bloody well went out against Real Madrid. Meeting Borussia Dortmund in an all-German final would have been very nice.”
What to expect from Kompany as Bayern boss
In all fairness, no one knows how Kompany will fare as Bayern Munich manager but seeing the success that most Guardiola ‘graduates’ have seen, most notably Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso, it is safe to say there could be yet another to add to that list.
Kompany might have suffered relegation with Burnley but many might argue that the crop of players were not good enough and he would have now have proper world-class players under his belt.
The Belgian has already made a reputation for himself as a vocal coach and it would be interesting to see if he would hit the ground running with the German giants.
