FC Bayern is currently on the way to having a historically good season. After 2013 and 2020, the Munich team can look forward to the third treble in the club’s history, and they can also set the points record from 2012/2013 in the Bundesliga (91 points). The most important figure in the success is head coach Vincent Kompany, who has been showered with praise for weeks.
Oliver Kahn, long-time keeper and former CEO of FC Bayern, also joined in the celebrations for the 40-year-old coach of the German champions.
Vincent Kompany plunged into the great FC Bayern adventure without the “very great experience, especially not at top clubs”, when he was hired as Thomas Tuchel’s successor in the summer of 2024, as Oliver Kahn initially noted in the TV show “Sky90”.
In fact, the Belgian only had two coaching positions on his resume, namely RSC Anderlecht (2019 to 2022) and FC Burnley (2022 to 2024).
Kahn compares Kompany to Hitzfeld
The way Kompany has appeared as a coach at the German industry leader since then has impressed Kahn to a great extent, as the ex-keeper explained: “That’s the art at Bayern Munich: It’s not just about managing the team. It’s also about managing the environment and communicating well with those in charge. He’s doing that surprisingly well at his age,” said the 56-year-old, who will be CEO of FC between 2021 and 2023 Bavaria had worked.
Kahn compared Kompany with Bayern’s coaching legend Ottmar Hitzfeld, who also managed to lead the club into particularly calm waters during his time as head coach in Munich. Kahn won the Champions League under Hitzfeld 25 years ago, he coached Munich from 1998 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2008.
