By Victor Kanayo
Bayern Munich on Wednesday confirmed Vincent Kompany as their new manager.
The Bundesliga outfit while disclosing this in a statement said Kompany has signed a three-year contract
He will replace Thomas Tuchel who stepped down from the role at the end of this summer.
Compensation Plan
Bayern will pay £10 million to Burnley to release Kompany from his contract.
Meanwhile, FC Barcelona have appointed veteran coach Hansi Flick as the club manager to replace Xavi Hernandez.
Disclosing via a statement on its website, the club wrote, “FC Barcelona and Hansi Flick have reached an agreement for the German to become men’s first team football coach until 30 June 2026.
“The new coach has signed a contract at the club’s offices accompanied by FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta; first vice president responsible for the sporting area, Rafa Yuste and the Club’s sporting director, Anderson Luis de Souza, Deco.
“By bringing Hansi Flick as coach, FC Barcelona have chosen a man well known for his teams’ high pressing, intense and daring style of play which has brought him great success at club level and internatonal level, winning pretty much all there is to win in the world of football.”
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Flick Pedigree
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1965, Flick started his coaching career in 1996 as player-coach at FC Victoria Bammental.
In 2000, Flick was appointed manager of fourth-division side 1899 Hoffenheim, with whom he gained promotion to the Regionalliga Sud, before departing in 2005.
Between 2006 and 2014, he was the assistant coach of Germany under manager Joachim Low as they won the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and subsequently served as sporting director of the German Football Association until 2017.
Having rejoined Bayern Munich as an assistant coach in 2019, Flick was made interim manager following the departure of Niko Kovac in November 2019.
He was later appointed permanently, and won the UEFA Champions League that season, completing the club’s second continental treble.
In 2021, 59-year-old Flick also led the side to a FIFA Club World Cup and another Bundesliga title. Alongside Pep Guardiola, he is one of only two managers to achieve a sextuple with their team.
