Overview
- Players surprised Vincent Kompany with a Weißwurst breakfast in the canteen on Friday, singing Happy Birthday at Bayern’s training base in Munich.
- Kompany said he did not plan to celebrate and stressed he wants to be judged on results as focus shifts to FC St. Pauli away and the Champions League return against Real Madrid.
- Sporting director Max Eberl offered a warm public tribute, saying a press conference could not capture all he values in Kompany and citing the coach’s work at Anderlecht and Burnley.
- The coach praised a captain group of Thomas Müller, Manuel Neuer and Joshua Kimmich for smoothing his 2024 arrival, with Müller now playing for Vancouver Whitecaps.
- Former club RSC Anderlecht posted a video of his past locker-room talks for his 40th birthday, highlighting a leadership style that Bayern figures also lauded.