He has long since convinced those responsible at Bayern. The chairman of the board, Jan-Christian Dreesen, recently confirmed this in his speech at the general meeting. “Vincent Kompany is exactly the ‘lucky man’ that Karl-Heinz (Rummenigge; editor’s note) recently described him as. Vincent showed us how important passion and meticulousness are. From day one he has an identity and mentality embodied and transferred his clear vision to the team,” said Dreesen. “Vincent brought the fun back to FC Bayern – on the pitch, in the dressing room, with the fans and also with us in the stands.”
Conversely, Dreesen indirectly gave former coach Tuchel another little verbal slap. With Kompany, Bayern are now heading into the winter break as league leaders. What the bosses won’t like, however, is that at the same time, after 15 league games last year, Tuchel had 38 points, two points more.
“What I experienced with Bayern were victories, defeats – good performances, bad performances – you learn from that,” said Kompany when asked by t-online about his personal interim balance. “Every step we’ve taken so far has made me feel at home. It’s also about how you go through bad phases,” Kompany continued. He specifically mentioned the painful defeat in Barcelona. “In the moment after the game it was critical on the outside, which is true,” he said, “but internally it was calm.”
Encouraged by the bosses’ trust in him, Kompany apparently drew the right conclusions and then started a seven-game winning streak with his team in which the Munich team did not concede a single goal.