After Bayern Munich’s trophyless 2023/24 campaign, all the superstars so accustomed to winning silverware are raring to go and make up for last season’s failures. However, there can never be enough reason to be motivated if you ask new head coach Vincent Kompany.

Speaking exclusively to kicker, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge reveals that he spent ‘almost two hours’ on the phone to Pep Guardiola to discuss Vincent Kompany when Bayern Munich’s search for their

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge knows Bayern Munich inside out. From playing 422 games for the Rekordmeister to being the club’s CEO between 2002 and 2021, and now a member on the supervisory board, the 69-year-old analysed Vincent Kompany’s early weeks at the club.

Bayern Munich struggled to find a replacement coach for Thomas Tuchel, more than a little surprising for most, but they finally found and hired Vincent Kompany, entrusting to him a club in absolute shambles.

The international break seems to have come at just the right time for Bayern Munich, allowing the 2020 treble winners a chance to regroup under head coach Vincent Kompany.

There may come a time when the Bayern Munich players get something of the Johann Berg Gudmundsson treatment from Vincent Kompany. One of the more colourful moments in the Mission to Burnley documentary,

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has shared insights about his extensive phone conversation with Pep Guardiola before Bayern Munich officially appointed Vincent Kompany as their new head coach.