Bayern Munich have announced that Vincent Kompany will be their new head coach after signing a deal until 2027.
A statement on the club’s website read: “FC Bayern has signed Vincent Kompany as its new coach. The 38-year-old Belgian signed with the German record champions until June 30, 2027. He most recently worked for the English Premier League club FC Burnley.”
Bayern CEO, Jan-Christian Dreesen, added: “We all at the club agree that Vincent Kompany is the right coach for FC Bayern and are very much looking forward to working with him.
“Max Eberl and Christoph Freund [Bayern’s sporting directors] never gave up and worked meticulously to find a coach who would lead FC Bayern to success and develop it further with new ideas. Vincent Kompany represents exactly the togetherness and team spirit that we need.”
Kompany said: “I’m looking forward to the challenge of FC Bayern. It’s a great honour to be able to work for this club – FC Bayern is an institution in international football. As a coach, you have to stand for who you are as a person: I love having the ball, being creative – and we also have to be aggressive on the pitch and courageous. 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.”
The 38-year-old began his managerial career as a player-coach at Anderlecht before joining Burnley for the 2022/23 season. Komany secured promotion to the Premier League on his first attempt and introduced a more free-flowing attacking style of football for the Clarets.
Kompany joins the German side after they parted ways with former boss Thomas Tuchel following a poor season which saw them finish third in the Bundesliga ending an 11-year league winning streak.
