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  • Vincent Kompany replies critics who think Bayern job is bigger than him

    Vincent Kompany replies critics who think Bayern job is bigger than him

    FC Bayern Munich’s head coach, Vincent Kompany, who took charge of his first UEFA Champions League (UCL) game with Bayern on Tuesday night with a 9-2 thumping of Dinamo Zagreb, has replied his critics who think the German Bundesliga club is bigger than him.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Kompany was appointed as the new head coach of Bayern Munich on on 29 May 2024, signing a three-year deal and taking over from Thomas Tuchel after the club failed to win trophies in the preceding season.

    Kompany is said to have a passing and possession-based style of football as a coach similar to his former Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, but his critics have said the Bayern Munich job is bigger than him.

    Addressing his skeptics, Kompany said: “I’d love to elaborate on the question. But it’s a simple job. I love working with the players, I try to improve them, I try to improve the team, I try to improve myself. It’s not really something I should answer. I could give you a deep answer, but it doesn’t really deserve it.

    “I’ll tell you something in a quick way just to prove a point. I was born in Brussels, my dad was a refugee who came from Congo. What are my chances of even playing in the Premier League, winning something as a player, playing for the national team? The odds were 0.000 something. Now I’m a coach.

    “Do you just stop believing in yourself and what you can achieve because of what other people say?. The mentality is to keep going and in the end if you fail you fail, if you succeed you succeed. but you can always become better. Online you can always find stuff so I really don’t take it personal.

    “What am I supposed to do? Stop because of what other people think? Let’s encourage people to succeed and break barriers”.

    Harry Kane scored four to inspire Bayern Munich to a wild 9-2 thumping of Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night. Bayern went ahead through Kane’s penalty before Raphael Guerreiro and Michael Olise had them cruising at 3-0 at half-time.

    The hosts conceded twice early in the second half as Manuel Neuer went off with a knock, but Kane and Olise soon re-established their dominance before the England skipper got his hat-trick from the spot and scored his fourth also via a penalty. There was even time for Leroy Sané and Leon Goretzka to swell the score.

  • Bayern Munich announce Vincent Kompany as Tuchel’s replacement

    Bayern Munich announce Vincent Kompany as Tuchel’s replacement

    German Bundesliga side, Bayern Munich have named Vincent Kompany as the new manager and given a  three-year contract on Wednesday.

    The Former Manchester City captain joined Bayern despite overseeing Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League this season.

    The 38-year-old Belgian is looking forward to challenges at the Allianz Arena.

    “I’m looking forward to the challenge at FC Bayern,” Kompany said on Wednesday.

    “As a coach, you have to stand for who you are as a person: I love having possession of the ball, being creative and we also have to be aggressive on the pitch and brave”.

    “I’m now looking forward to the most basic things: working with the players, building a team. When the foundation is in place, success will follow,” he added.

  • Bundesliga: Bayern set to hire Vincent Kompany as Thomas Tuchel’s replacement

    Bundesliga: Bayern set to hire Vincent Kompany as Thomas Tuchel’s replacement

    Former Manchester City defender and the present coach of relegated Burnley Football Club, Vincent Kompany is being eyed as Thomas Tuchel’s replacement at FC Bayern Munich.

    According to Italian Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, the Bundesliga giants are ready to take Kompany from Burnley to replace Thomas Tuchel.

    “Vincent Kompany has been considered as an option at several clubs in recent days despite relegation with Burnley,” Romano wrote on X.

    “Understand FC Bayern have discussed Kompany internally among possible candidates for the job.

    “Brighton, still waiting to make a decision on a new coach.”

    Bayern have failed in their attempts so far to replace Tuchel, who has taken charge of his last game at the club.

    Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, Ralf Rangnick and Oliver Glasner have all been targeted, but it appears the Bavarians will settle for Kompany.

    Kompany got relegated with the Clarets this season after collecting just 24 points.

  • EPL: Burnley secure promotion to the premier League

    Vincent Kompany’s tutored  Burnley Football Club have secured promotion back to the Premier League almost immediately after being relegated last season.

    Burnley became the first team to achieve this feat with seven games to spare and may also be the first side to secure promotion with over 100 points.

    Burnley unbeaten in the league since November, took an early lead when Ashley Barnes redirected Josh Brownhill’s low shot into the back of the net.

    Connor Roberts steered in the winner from Nathan Tella’s near-post cross and Kompany’s men saw out the rest of the game in comfort to spark wild celebrations on the pitch and among their travelling fans.

    Victory for the east Lancashire side sent them 19 points clear of third-placed Luton, who have six games left to play.

    In the post match conference, Burnley Player Barnes its the end of an era for him.

    “After a difficult last season to get relegated and bounce back by going straight back up is phenomenal.

    “I’m a bit emotional because this is my end of an era here as a Burnley player.

    “To do that and score that goal for these fans, to give that back to them – I am quite emotional.

    “It’s on the club. It’s time to move on, it’s just one of those things. I’m delighted for all the staff and all the fans.

    “The fans have been through some tough times last season and it was nice to give that back to them.”

    Similarly. Coach Vincent Kompany noted that his protion to the Premier League was quicker than expected.

    Vincent Kompany admitted he never dreamed Burnley could achieve Premier League promotion in his first season but said “quicker is better sometimes”.

    “We didn’t expect this. We wanted to experience it one day, but we had a different timing on it. Quicker is better sometimes.”

  • Burnley hires Vincent Kompany as new manager

    Former Belgium ex-international and Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has been hired as the new Burnley manager.

    The 36-year-old ex-Belgium international joins after quitting his head coach job at Anderlecht, where he spent three years, in late May.

    “Burnley Football Club is a truly historic English side and it is an honour to be appointed first-team manager,” said Kompany, who takes over from caretaker Mike Jackson, who replaced Sean Dyche in April but could not save the club from relegation to the Championship. “I’m excited by the challenge ahead. I’m looking forward to getting to work with the players and creating a positive, winning team for our fans when we return to Turf Moor.

    “I’ve been impressed by the board’s vision for the club which aligns with my own and I look forward to playing my part as we enter an important season.”

    Kompany enjoyed a glittering 11-year career at City, leading the club to four Premier League titles, two FA Cups and four League Cups.

    “Vincent is a proven leader and I’ve been very impressed with his ideas for Burnley Football Club, his appetite to succeed and his focus on leading the club back to the Premier League,” said Burnley’s chairman, Alan Pace.

    “He has shown impressive credentials in leading one of Belgium’s biggest teams back to European football and a cup final last season and we’ve been excited by his philosophy, approach and ambition for the club.”

    Recall that Burnley got relegated from the Premier League after losing to Newcastle on the final day of the season.

    The Clarets as Burnley is known as, will join Norwich and Watford as they drop into the Championship after finishing third-bottom of the top flight.

    Kompany has been saddled with the responsibility of bringing back Burnley FC  to the English Premier League.

  • I’ll join Kompany at Anderlecht – De Bruyne

    I’ll join Kompany at Anderlecht – De Bruyne

    Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has revealed he would like to join his former club team-mate Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht when he leaves Etihad.

    Kompany returned to his boyhood side in Belgium on a three-year-deal earlier this summer after playing 360 games in 11 successful years at City.

    The Belgian duo won two Premier League titles, one FA Cup, and three League Cups together in four seasons at City under managers Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola.

    De Bruyne told The Sun: “I hope his [Kompany’s] career will be just as amazing at Anderlecht as it was at City. I’ve told him to keep a place in his team for me in a year, or seven, when I’m finished here.
    “If he does do that for me I will already have my next destination lined up; my next job.

    “I will definitely miss him being around City.” 

    De Bruyne, who arrived at the Etihad Stadium from Wolfsburg in 2015, revealed Kompany had a major influence in his decision to come to the Premier League four years ago.

    “At the time City were trying to sign me from Wolfsburg and Vinny was pushing for me to move to Manchester to play alongside him,” he said.

  • Real racism lies with football authorities – Kompany

    Real racism lies with football authorities – Kompany

    The lack of diversity in football organisations is part of the problem in tackling racism, says former Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany.

    The Belgian was speaking in the wake of compatriot Romelu Lukaku being racially abused by Cagliari fans while playing for Inter Milan at the weekend.

    Lukaku said the abuse showed the game was “going backwards”.

    “Romelu is a victim of something disgraceful not just in football, but also in society,” said Kompany.

    Speaking to Sky Sports News, the Anderlecht manager added: “It goes back to who is expected to make a decision on these issues, and it’s in these organisations that the problems lie.

    “The real racism lies in the fact none of these institutions have representatives that can actually understand what Romelu is going through.

    “You are dealing with a crowd of people and decision-makers who are telling him how he should think and feel about this when you have no decision-makers who are remotely in touch with what he has experienced in his life.

    “That’s the real issue – if you go through the boards at Uefa or Fifa, the Italian League or the English League, there is a real lack of diversity.

    “If you don’t have diversity in places of power like boardrooms then you can’t have the right decisions in terms of sanctions – it’s a simple as that.”

    Lukaku, who moved from Manchester United to Inter in the summer, was subjected to monkey chants as he scored a penalty for his side’s winner in a 2-1 victory.

    A group of Inter Milan fans claim Cagliari supporters were showing Lukaku a form of “respect” and the the abuse was gamesmanship.

  • Vincent Kompany's father becomes Belgium's first black mayor

    Belgium has elected a black mayor for the first time – the father of international football star Vincent Kompany.

    Pierre Kompany topped the poll for the municipality of Ganshoren in Brussels, earning him the title of mayor.
    Mr Kompany arrived in Belgium in 1975 as a refugee from what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    He became active in politics in 2006 as a councillor, and took a seat in the Brussels regional parliament in 2014.
    But he is perhaps best known for his famous sons. Vincent Kompany is both the captain of English Premier League club Manchester City and a constant fixture on the Belgium national team.
    Vincent’s brother, Francois, plays for Belgian side KSV Roeselare.
    Both brothers were quick to congratulate their father in an Instagram post shared with Vincent’s 1.6 million followers.
    “History! We are so proud of you dad,” he wrote.
    “He’s the first black mayor in Belgium – it’s never happened before, it’s historic…. congratulations to my dad!” Vincent said.
    On his Instagram post, Vincent added: “It was long overdue but it’s progress. Massive congrats!”
    It’s not the first time the football star has spoken about the need for progress in Belgian politics.
    Two days earlier, he tweeted an image of the Belgian parliament, noting “very little multiculturalism” on display.
    “That also reflects non-existent diversity at all levels of power in Belgium,” he said.
    Other mayoral candidates with mixed heritage have begun to enter politics in Belgium in recent years. Emir Kir, the son of Turkish immigrants, and was elected mayor of Saint-Josse in 2012; and Nadia Sminate, whose father was from Morocco, was elected the leader of Londerzeel in 2016.
    BBC