In terms of coaching experience, Vincent Kompany is a relative newcomer despite having managed Anderlecht, Burnley FC, and now Bayern Munich. He explained in an interview with UEFA (via @iMiaSanMia) the journey he went through to become a tactician.
“I think the best decision I made was to take myself out of my comfort zone,” Kompany said. “There was an option to remain at the big clubs and continue a youth team trajectory to then, hopefully, maybe promote back to the top, but I went straight into the job and I learned to deal with changing squads, young players, older players, players who can execute certain things but not everything, from difficult situations in terms of results to having the extreme highs of winning nearly everything. So, I’ve experienced all of that and I’m only 38. And it gives me a feeling of having been in a job for a very, very long time now, and that’s something that I wouldn’t change for anything in the world. It was all fantastic learning.”
Kompany is in the Julian Nagelsmann category of managers in terms of age, but the German NT coach is already some way ahead of his peers. Nevertheless, Kompany will look to continue his bright start for Bayern.
