According to consistent media reports from “Bild” and “Sky”, Vincent Kompany will be the new coach of FC Bayern Munich. According to them, the Belgian will receive a contract until 2027. Official confirmation from both clubs is still pending. However, according to “Bild”, the deal should become official at the beginning of next week. The 38-year-old has been coach of FC Burnley since 2022. With the “Clarets”, the former central defender of Hamburger SV initially rose to the Premier League, but was relegated again this season.
The sticking point was the transfer fee
Kompany still had a contract in Burnley until 2028. Therefore, the Munich team had to pay a transfer fee. This was negotiated hard until the very end and was ultimately the sticking point. Kompany was apparently quickly convinced. While the English demanded over 20 million euros, FC Bayern only wanted to pay around ten million, according to media reports. According to media reports, the record champions are now transferring between ten and twelve million to the island.
Sports director Eberl closes major construction site
In the last three months, many candidates have been discussed as successors to Thomas Tuchel: Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, Ralf Rangnick, Roberto de Zerbi. The list of names was long. But none of the candidates wanted to go to FC Bayern.
Sporting director Max Eberl would thus have finally closed the most important construction site shortly after the end of the season, which saw Bayern finish without a title and only third in the Bundesliga.
There is now enough time to take Kompany’s ideas into account when looking for new signings, as FC Bayern is facing a personnel shake-up.