A BIG SURPRISE! - Frank Leboeuf on Vincent Kompany being linked to Bayern Munich | ESPN FC

A BIG SURPRISE! - Frank Leboeuf on Vincent Kompany being linked to Bayern Munich | ESPN FC
The ESPN FC crew share their thoughts on Vincent Kompany being linked to Bayern Munich and discuss the impact he could have as the team manager.
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[@kayembamvula5495]

Excited about this potential appointment. Solid fit. There’s a reason Pep speaks so highly of him.

[@robayetsalehin5719]

Name me a single person who is not highly rated by pep!

[@kkit8629]

​@@robayetsalehin5719I think Pep is Trolling everyone 😅 at this point.

[@cronersam]

If Arteta can be given Arsenal, Kompany is nothing short.

[@space1734]

Bayern is bigger than Arsenal. We're talking about real pressure here

[@urosmihailovic8345]

good point

[@adrianpillai6645]

Hmm, but Arteta wasn't given Arsenal. He applied, was on the shortlist, lost out to Unai Emery. When Emery lost the dressing room, Arteta put his name back in the hat, told the board what values he wanted to return to Arsenal and the board took a chance on him. And no, they did not give him 700million to spend from the off. They gave him a miniscule budget where he had to bring in veterans and cheap deals - like Mari, Soares, Willian to fill out the squad. And loans like Odegaard. By this measure its more akin to Pep being given Barcelona.

[@briangibson3558]

that's like saying henry is a great manager. No, name me a bonafide star that both played and managed the list is miniscule

[@Rain188]

As LFC fan, I was upset by appointment of Arne slot but with these recent appointments of other clubs, it seems the new trend is to hire unproven managers in highest level!

[@Yoyo-sy5kl]

Arne Slot has more credit in the bank than these guys.

[@itsnotpoyan]

Wouldn't be surprised if clubs start scouting top-level chess players and teach them football to try and find some overly tactical coach hahah

[@sibonisoduma5878]

Year kinda feels like that.

[@eL--RaL]

Kane just can't catch a break huh 😂

[@busanimoyo2409]

He can at least win the Euro with England

[@UnknownHuman7]

@@busanimoyo2409 Your saying that to a guy that’s Anti English though

[@busanimoyo2409]

​@@UnknownHuman7 England is actually one of the favorites to the Euro.

[@hungchoonghow5857]

He is just too handsome.

[@Peggyg13]

Pundits are pundits for a reason. They see the game in a one dimensional way- results & trophies. With that someone like Arteta, Xabi Alonso, Xavi won’t be given a chance. Vincent company has the advantage because he’s played the game at the top and he knows what it takes.

[@reigniv4044]

I ain't mad a black man getting a chance. Good luck Kompany

[@eddygordov]

That is exactly what I thought while listening the good old white men club speaking out of their bottom. One could feel that is what they had in mind but with no possibility to express it loudly.

[@Delboy0]

These old pros don’t get it. Kompany is a Pep disciple, like Alonso and Arteta. They feel Kompany can get Bayern playing the way they did when Pep was Bayern coach. What he did at Burnley in his first season was incredible changed a team’s style overnight and got a record number of points for championship team and his coaching improved Tella so much, he got a move to Leverkusen and now he is a Bundesliga champion. Burnley would often dominate games, even against big sides, but would miss too many chances or make massive game losing individual errors, that is not bad Kompany coaching that is an issue about low quality players. His tactics will be more effective at Bayern and he is fluent in German. I have to commend Bayern and German football for being inclusive and giving a black coach with potential a chance, because in England with their covert racism, no black coach would ever get that chance at a big club,even if he was experienced and successful. England is a place where they fire successful black coaches who get promotion because the British colonial white supremacy kicks in and think if they had a coach with less skin pigment they would be doing better. That is despite the statistic fact that Black coaches in England have a higher ratio of success, they get hardly any opportunities, which is why you hardly see any black people in the coaching staff, despite the fact the Premier League has 40% black players.

[@theerne]

U r daft

[@P.K...]

I think Kompany is not the bad idea imo...he knows the language knows the league country maybe risky but hopefully he will show something

[@brummiegaming8008]

always a wally in the chat shouting Meh raciscm , shut up man . For starters out of the 18 prem clubs, how many are owned by White English men? So your assertion of british colonialism kicking in is just plain dumb,its foreigners who are making the appointments. Most of the owners in the top flight are from foreign shores, your argument is null and void. Wheres the history of success for black managers in the prem league? Paul Ince? sacked by xmas Chris Hughton relegated twice . . meanwhile some black man named Jimmy Flody Hasselbaink is Englands assistant manager . . . you absolute clown , do one with your race bait bs

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

I'm not English. But enough of this B.S about racism at the top clubs. Are the Big English clubs also being racists against White English male coaches? How many English coaches did you see them appoint in the last 20 years in the big clubs? Covert racism got Kompany the job at Burnley in the first place. Covert racism got Nuno Santos the big job at Spurs. The irony is Bayern went begging more than 8 white coaches before remembering Kompany is the next best thing.

[@cianog]

Black people make up less than 4% of the U.K.

[@busanimoyo2409]

I think ESPN should not hide their issue. Its clear to everyone. Kane did not win trophies despite the fact that Kompany dis not couch Tottenham.

[@arishhussain96]

Bayern thinking he's Pep 2.0 😂

[@Jaheeem]

Well all of pep's 2.0 seems to be working

[@abdelelazhari9116]

Why is it big surprise? I think it's new generation of coaches ...It's actually good. C'mon now 🙏. Got support Vinny. I do brother , good luck to u man .

[@PJ-hl6eu]

relegated with burnley to bayern? but of an odd career path mate

[@Loveplus9444]

Existing choice. I think it will turn out to be a better fit than many people expected. Why always recycle all these old known, but often half worn-out coaches , who all have been sacked at some point anyway.? I like the new trend with Arteta, Nagelsmann, De Zerbi,Hoeness - and why not also Vincent Kompany?

[@user-kt4fc2yi3n]

I don’t remember man talking about Zidane like this before he started coaching Real Madrid and what exactly were Zidane’s credentials that got him the RM job?

[@suyash2839]

Man's comparing Zidane with Kompany? 😂😂😂

[@user-kt4fc2yi3n]

@@suyash2839 comprehension on 0..

[@TT-go5yb]

​@@suyash2839what he is saying is that just like Zidane never had any coaching on his CV before Real Madrid and he achieved so much success as a coach even so someone can be a new comer and do wonders with success in their coaching career. Sometimes life is meant to prove your doubters and naysayers wrong. It's a part of life success/failure thread path

[@cianog]

Zidane was a player at Real and one of the greatest players in history.

[@Kevinnn111]

@@cianogand how many years of top level coaching experience does that add up to? Just because he was a great player didn’t guarantee he was gonna be a great coach

[@AyodeleFausat]

Grace takes you to where no one even yourself never thought of getting to.

[@senate_shakya_]

Languages that Kompany speaks fluently: German, French, Dutch, English and part Spanish. 🤯

[@sultanniazi2394]

So jealous as none of these bums got selected. Sour grapes.

[@mysteriousguy3605]

Does lens coach speak german... play a certain style... ever been a big club in any big dressing room?

[@itsnotpoyan]

This was the best analysis I've ever heard from Craig. Actually made some good points.

[@lukehamilton3439]

Arteta never said Arsenal and Alonso didn't say winning the league

[@resegoboima8064]

He's actually not a bad manager what happened in Burnley can happen to anyone, let's see how he does his job

[@eL--RaL]

Bayern really love the path United is on 😂

[@blowandchill3848]

Bro how are you putting Bayern where man united are? They just went to the semifinals in the champions league. This can work, Kompany style of play is the style Bayern play. And the players will respect Kompany. Man U has been trash for over a decade. This is bayerns 1st season without a trophy. It’s funny how people are quick to write Bayern off. Bayern have world class players

[@EDWARDENIM-zo3or]

Yh world class players with a low manager 😂😂😂

[@blowandchill3848]

@@EDWARDENIM-zo3or you don’t know that yet. You have to give him a chamce

[@EDWARDENIM-zo3or]

Yh you are right but bayern will always finish in the top 4 regardless of a coach.

[@blowandchill3848]

@@EDWARDENIM-zo3or how is he right?

[@heikostiefel7778]

That respect thing worked at Burnley, but the Bayern players won't be impressed by his record as a player. Half of the squad has already lifted more trophies than him. It depends on whether the old lads will follow him because they are convinced of his tactical abilities and get enough attention. It's also important that the board supports him if he loses for the first times.

[@sylviopinnow-up2oe]

The problem is Pep spoke highly about Arteta too but you don’t get 3-4 years at Bayern. Bayern and Real are the hardest Clubs to manage. Klopp would have never survived at Bayern with the one bad season he had.

[@stefanwolff5637]

good coach but will have to handle politics and dressing room in a big club, which Tuchel not Nagelsmann could not… so I doubt Kompany can

[@hungchoonghow5857]

Marco Materazzi is a football coach. Gennaro Gattuso is a football coach. Andrea Pirlo is a football coach. They have all done good enough to coach football teams on both the Moon and planet Mars...

[@salim1175]

Frank's eternal explanation ; " but it is what it is"

[@rw1592]

If experience as a player mattered most, Matthäus would be the man. Kompany's credentials as a manager are a very mixed bag.

[@kristofrookx8452]

Kompany was already a coach on the pitch, speaks 5 languages and is obsessed with football... Give him at least 10 games before u burn him

[@mysteriousguy3605]

Pep never had any experience

[@chiii2485]

“I’m not saying Vincent Company doesn’t deserve it, but Vincent Company doesn’t deserve it” 😂

[@lukehamilton3439]

Alonso won the league and no one was exercising skepticism

[@eddygordov]

For good reason, the colour of his skin prevented him from any criticism.

[@CarrierdeliveryExcellent-gq3kd]

Happy for Vincent because i believe he can if Alonso can then he can

[@dead_r33d]

it isn't that simplistic really

[@DiReal_Donclassy]

Arteta never had a month of experience before he coached Arsenal and now see what Arreta is doing at Arsenal. I don't have any doubt in the ability of Vicent to manage Bayern. All the coaches who passed through Pep are all doing perfectly well. Let them give Vincent a chance

[@kkit8629]

Pressure is the point, No one at Arsenal has expectations other than " Trying to get to Top 4 finish & UCL group stage " 😅 While at Bayern Munich everyone expects the Club to Win the league & Champions league Trophy. But yeah let's see how it will Turn out, Time tells...

[@KisameSempai]

you are not the only one surprised Leboeuf, you are not the only one.

[@tomigyorffy6589]

Why Hansi Flick had such a massive managerial career before joing Bayern, Nico Kovac... or even Xabi Alonso or Xavi at Barca.

[@drewhoffman1461]

The premier league has turned into the NFL when it comes to the coaching carousel. Owners don’t want to wait.

[@biggdogg6196]

I don't know much of his managerial career, but giving younger managers a chance should be more about the style and ethos, as they are unlikely to have had success.

[@russh7632]

Why not Jose?

[@BaneleDlomo-ff8iv]

Imagine Leroy Sane he's former teammate😂😂 when he sees Vince kompany

[@ismori]

Asking people who have zero experience in managing a club. What do you expect?

[@abdelelazhari9116]

Stevie , do you want to see the rest of ur life , ppl like Peo , Urgent , Ancelloti , Jose etc to keep going ? U dreaming my good man ...need new blood , new football ..change is inevitable..Believe in change son . U know already ... C'mon now . I really want to see new coaches ..That's the way it goes in football . Got me ?

[@kaymcdave]

I think Bayern are just hoping for another Xabi Alonso of their own with Kompany's signing....

[@tymkoc3293]

Could be a good fit. Experience in management is overrated, look at what Xabi did at Leverkusen this season, did he have any titles as manager to show when they hired him...

[@bhasty1]

They must be insane!

[@elone4933]

The only surprise is Craig Bellamy coaching Harry Kane😂😂😂😂

[@Yidspur274]

He's not going with him apparently

[@iwouldntlikemeeither]

Harry Kane will keep the legacy of not winning any trophies next season 🤣🤣

[@RaselMasum]

Kompany is the best young manager

[@Redandwhite_bluesuedeshoes]

The modern world today… analytics and statistics… in the hands of sports directors, people that have never managed let alone coached successfully..

[@Sabet-plays-roblox]

From Craig paint: Few center back what should you do that they call them coach 😅😅😅😅😅 let’s see how it work in Hollywood FC

[@cianog]

Burnley were a disaster last season. Has no business being at such a big club this early in his career.

[@lungelobaba9942]

you know komapny through the F bomb at his agent when he was told bayern

[@mickzed6393]

Interim coach, until they get their man. Of course others didn't want that interim job.

[@abdelelazhari9116]

Please ppl ...all best , old school r almost done . We need new blood .. Common sense lads ...like they say in UK 😅

[@xk3vx99]

I'm telling you rn bayern is gonna finish 4th next season

[@averagejoe5016]

lol congrats to Bayer Leverkusen for winning 2 consecutive Bundesliga titles!

[@mishradd]

May be they are hiring him so that they can fire him very cheap next year to get Xabi Alonso

[@jango2700]

another year of a trophyless kane 😂

[@saltamonte777]

Makes no sense, a huge gamble. He has no credentials or experience to justify managing a big club with big expectations, such as Bayern. I also feel he doesn't have the level of commitment or rigor to coaching that the likes of Pep or Zidane had. The trouble with a lot of the coaches these days is that their "risk" is only upside in terms of money. They do well, they get paid top dollar. They don't do well, they still get paid pretty well, whether they leave or they get sacked. So the pressure to perform is not there for most coaches. It's just too comfortable.

[@Delboy0]

You are projecting negative personality traits on to Kompany that are not true that you have no clue about. You are essentially calling Kompany lazy and lacking rigour. It seems like you are saying this because you have wrong preconceptions about people with dark skin. Zidane is one of the laziest coaches, who refuses to work anywhere where he will have to learn a new language and has basically retired because he refuses to take any job unless it is the French national team and that is the guy you say has more commitment than Kompany who speaks 6 languages fluently, that everyone who meets him says he is one of the most highly intelligent young coaches out there. It is a risk but there is logical reasons for hiring him. He is a Pep disciple like Arteta and Alonso were, he was able to play Pep style football with Burnley players who had spent their lives playing long ball football. Bayern feel they could be getting the next big young coach whose tactics will work better with top players Bayern has and if he reaches his potential Bayern could have a top coach for the next 10 years.

[@saltamonte777]

@@Delboy0 I’m not projecting anything, just giving my opinion. He can be the smartest guy around, but there is no substitution for experience, especially in big games. There’s several more proven coaches out there that have had great seasons this year that would probably work better. There’s always a risk with a new coach, but the idea is to get the best coach you can get, and Kompany doesn’t have the resume yet. It’s seems more of a desperate move than anything else.

[@musashimiyamoto586]

I think Frank Leboeuf is surprised about his cringe English accent every time he gets on the show, especially when he speaks about Kompany's carrier.;)

[@WewinningFR]

As a Real Madrid fan i can only watch and laugh as these teams seem to be going through the most😂😂😂

[@carlosthebee3527]

3 months, and Kompany is sacked. I watched him in Belgium's Anderlecht: one gigantic disaster, Anderlecht played it's worst football in decades, even when he had all the expensive players he wanted.

[@UO-kn5xc]

Anderlecht is not Bayern Munchen. Bayern have world class players. Not the same at all.

[@amanj87]

Bayern Munich are finished no one will ever take them seriously Real Madrid were afraid of the old ruthless Bayern before the year 2014. It's been a decade Bayern Munich get their asses kicked in Europe by Real Madrid.

[@MrFranklin-02]

They not afraid anymore because they have refrees now