Bayern Munich chief on Vincent Kompany appointment: ‘We had a protracted course of – you save one of the best for final’

Bayern Munich chief on Vincent Kompany appointment: ‘We had a long process – you save the best for last’

Bayern Munich director of sport Max Eberl says the membership “saved one of the best for final” with their appointment of Vincent Kompany as their new head coach.

Kompany’s arrival at Bayern from Burnley was made official on Wednesday as the previous defender signed a three-year cope with the German facet.

Burnley and Bayern agreed a €12million (£10.2m) compensation package deal for the 38-year-old, whose contract had been resulting from run till June 2028.

Kompany was unveiled alongside Eberl and Bayern chief govt Jan-Christian Dreesen on Thursday, with the Belgian saying he wished to play “aggressive” soccer.

“Vincent’s two years at Anderlecht had been distinctive, he coached the youngest crew in Europe there,” Eberl mentioned.

“Then he determined to maneuver to England. (Burnley) had been promoted to the Premier League with a file 101 factors and (performed) spectacular soccer. That’s why he’s been on my and Christoph (Freund, sporting director)’s checklist for a very long time.

“By way of expertise, we’re now happening the trail along with him. We had a protracted decision-making course of when on the lookout for a coach and I can say: you save one of the best for final.”

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Former Bayern head coach Thomas Tuchel introduced in February he was to step down on the finish of the season, one 12 months earlier than his contract was resulting from run out.

Bayer Leverkusen’s title-winning coach Xabi Alonso was thought-about to interchange Tuchel earlier than opting to stay in his present position. Julian Nagelsmann, who was sacked by Bayern in February of final 12 months, then prolonged his contract as head coach of the Germany males’s nationwide crew after being linked with a return.

Alonso stated he would remain as Leverkusen coach for next season in March, before ending the domestic season unbeaten (Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Alonso said he would stay as Leverkusen coach for subsequent season in March, earlier than ending the home season unbeaten (Alex Grimm/Getty Pictures)

Austria’s Ralf Rangnick, former boss Hansi Flick — who has since been confirmed as Barcelona’s new head coach — and Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner had been additionally sounded out, with Tuchel additionally not persuaded to reverse his resolution.

Kompany’s appointment comes following Burnley’s relegation to the Championship after only one season within the Premier League. The Lancashire facet spent £90m in the summertime of 2023 after their promotion however gained solely 5 of their 38 high flight video games and completed nineteenth, eight factors beneath Seventeenth-placed Nottingham Forest.

“You need to be on the identical web page internally and I felt that right here,” Kompany added. “That’s why I made a decision in favour of Bayern and in opposition to different choices.

“In our first 12 months at Burnley within the Championship, we set a file factors tally, in our second within the Premier League we had one of many smallest budgets. We didn’t change a lot after promotion, I gave it my all. I’ve stayed the identical. That’s why I’ve no plans to alter right here both.

“I grew up on the streets of Brussels, within the Anderlecht academy. You need to be a crew, I need my gamers to have braveness, I need us to be aggressive. I need us to play like that, that’s additionally my character. We need to hold that up for whole video games.

“We’ll focus on internally what the squad wants. We need to win each recreation, all the time. That should all the time be our precedence. After all, the Champions League last is in Munich in 2025. However we gained’t obtain that by speaking about it, we’ll should work onerous for it each day in coaching.”