Why Bayern chose Kompany
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 30 May 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
After a three month search, Bayern Munich have finally secured a new head coach having appointed former Burnley manager Vincent Kompany.
So why have Bayern chosen Kompany? How influential were his links to Pep Guardiola in their decision and how will the Belgian adapt to life in Bavaria after Burnley?
Adam Leventhal is joined by The Athletic's Seb Stafford-Bloor and Andy Jones to analyse how the move came about and whether the Belgian will be a success in Munich.
Host: Adam Leventhal
With: Seb Stafford-Bloor and Andy Jones
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 0:00.0 | After a three-months search, Bayern Munich have finally secured a new head coach. |
| 0:12.4 | Vincent Company will be the next manager of Bayern Munich. |
| 0:15.5 | So why have Byron chosen company? |
| 0:18.0 | How influential were his links to Pep Guardiola in their decision and how will |
| 0:23.0 | the Belgian adapt to life in Bavaria after Burnley? I'm Adam Leventhal. Welcome to the Athletic |
| 0:29.2 | FC podcast. Well, with me is our German football writer, Seb Stafford Blore, |
| 0:41.6 | and Andy Jones, who has spent the last two seasons watching Vincent Companies Burnley for the Athletic. |
| 0:47.7 | Gents, thank you very much for being here. |
| 0:50.6 | Seb, I'll start with you. |
| 0:51.7 | Simple question, how much of a surprise is this that Byron have ended up with Vincent Company? |
| 0:56.9 | Yeah, it clearly wasn't Plan A, Adam, and it follows a lot of chaos, a lot of maneuvering, a lot of chasing their own tail. |
| 1:05.5 | I don't think if you go back as recently as two months, anybody would even have had Vincent Company on the list. |
| 1:10.4 | Byron say that he is someone they've been interested in for some time and that they have had on their short list. I don't think they were going to reach this part of their short list this summer. They weren't scheduled to. So a huge surprise, and that's reflected everywhere, I think, in the media, a bit among the fans. And the result is a lot of skepticism. I think a bit of relief that it's all over and everybody |
| 1:29.0 | can turn the page now and start talking about something other than Byron's chaotic manager |
| 1:33.3 | search, but clearly, yeah, not where they were expected to be headed. I mean, a lot of people |
| 1:37.4 | won't necessarily have been dialed into exactly who was in the running. I think it's worth |
| 1:41.8 | reflecting on it. Do you want to run through some of the |
| 1:44.5 | names of people that have actually turned them down or it hasn't ultimately worked out in terms |
| 1:49.5 | of coming to an agreement? Yeah, so let's see if I've had enough coffee this morning. I suppose. Let's |
| 1:53.0 | start at the beginning and Target A, Jablonsso, who ultimately decided that neither Byrne nor Liverpool |
| 1:59.3 | were for him and is going to stay at |
| 2:01.7 | Lavakusen for another season at least. Hulian Nagelsmann was an option. He instead chose to extend |
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