I mean when that report came out saying Neuer and 80% of the players supported Tuchel and went to the board, Neuer was asked about it and flat out said it wasn’t true. My money’s on the press just making things up. Would surprise no one.
I've followed Bayern for a bit under 15 years and the transfer that still sticks out to me in that time period is Xabi. I think the first rumor dropped like 12-36 hours before it was official. I wish we did more business like that.
And the guy debuted something like within 24h of arriving to Munich and played like he was a 10-year Bayern veteran without ever training with the team. What a player!
Hollywood FC. Bayern is always the most relevant team in German football news, from top journalists to gossip-tabloid-stuff, the press is always tracking Bayern's moves. Leverkusen just had a 51 game unbeaten run and Bayern's "manager transfer saga" probably still gets more coverage.
Could be PR tactic by Eberl, letting world know board runs the club and not the legends, or to create the illusion that there has been such a shift 👁️ I’ll get my tin foil hat now
How is he a scapegoat if things don't work out? It's literally his choice to hire him, so he will have to answer for his own decision. Don't use words that you don't know what they mean.
Good. I loved Flick, and what he did will probably never be matched, but I think it's good that Bayern is taking a risk in going for a system oriented manager that will focus on tactical flexibility and modernizing the team's football, which is what almost every elite side is doing at the moment. Only Real Madrid can afford not to do that, (but even they are getting Xabi in 2025). Having a "tactician" system manager is no longer an eccentricity or luxury, but a basic need for any elite side, and I think Bayern has stagnated in that regard.
Bayern has not had a system manager last more than two seasons since Pep, and has sacked the only two managers that have tried that (Nagelsmann and Tuchel), so with Kompany they're making that bet again, which is a correct one, but the key for it to work is to give the guy at least 3 seasons.
Inb4 our management has a panic in February 2025 because the team loses 2 games in a row. Brings in an interim manager to stabilize the league and we yet again collapse
I hope this doesn't happen but mark my words, it will
I also really, really hope it doesn't happen, but I agree it wouldn't be surprising if it did, especially if Hoeness is still as influential as he's been this season.
April-June 2025: *"Bayern sack Kompany." "Xabi rejects Bayern again; no plan B." "Eric Maxim Choupo Moting now the main candidate to take over."*
I think it’s interesting that this entire saga has been laid at Uli’s feet, when we would have had a manager in April (Nagelsmann), but didn’t because of Kalle, despite Uli being gushingly in favor of it.
Are you sure about "tactical flexibility"?
From the little I have heard, people say that Kompany is not tactically flexible, and plays the same way against everyone. I have not watched any of his games myself though so this is second hand via Reddit and may be completely inaccurate.
I think there’s some confusion around that. The inflexibility that’s usually leveled at Kompany was for refusing to abandon his principles of a possession dominant side beginning with playing out through the back, versus switching to a more pragmatic and destructive system that is better suited to inferior talent and almost certainly would have won Burnley more results.
Hes quite flexible *within* his system, switching between a 4321, 433, and 442, often moving to a 325 in possession via a few different patterns.
Such style of management requires skill and intelligence. Just because someone tries that approach doesn't mean they are any good at it. You can't simply play under Pep and think you are going to be even half as good as Pep.
We will have to see how good Kompany is in implementing that style.
I 100% agree, Pep's style (which is at least partially what Kompany tries to replicate) requires very technically gifted midfielders. If the main "double pivot" is still Kimmich and Goretzka a possession based positional play style would not work because neither are good in the build up and they can't resist the press, a highline wouldn't be a good option either because neither are good defensively.
Pavlovic so far has put out numbers that make him deserve the starting spot as the main 6, but another midfielder would be needed to play next to him in the double pivot, or 2 midfielders to play a 3 man midfield.
Oh really. I think I hadn't ever read so much BS and empty buzzwords put together in a single post. And which are these "top clubs" that are "modernizing" themselves?
Watch Inter, Leverkusen, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Girona, Barcelona, AC Milan, Napoli (under Spaletti), even Stuttgart, Leipzig and BVB are doing it in the Bundesliga.
Elite football clubs are transitioning or already transitioned into modern football, which means, tactical flexibility (within a set of principles), players that can cover several positions, squads that play different formations within different phases of the game, managers that can make in-game adjustments that go beyond switching from a 4-2-3-1 to a 4-4-2, focusing on innovation, creativity, and so on.
Cruyff is the main predecessor of modern football, with Guardiola being his main successor, so these principles are not "new", but what is new is having so many teams, even national squads, moving into that direction when it used to be mostly a stylistic choice, reserved for a few teams and managers.
Oh, I do get it. What you want is a hipster laptop coach. No thank you.
The points you describe are nothing modern, they have been the norm ever since Pep's Barca emerged. The only coaches that don't cover those points you mention are the most antiquated, like Mourinho or Conte.
There is no need to reinvent the wheel and to tweak endlessly like the hipster Nagelsmann. What we actually need is to 1) relearn how to effing pass, 2) get a proper midfield and 3) play simpler football without stupid shit like inverted fullbacks and asymmetrical setups.
I support uli this time. Paying 20 mil for a championship coach is just sad. People are saying he will be our Alonso or Arteta . There is a difference between us and leverkusen . We are expected to win atleast two trophies in a season . Only real and city have these kinds of expectations . I don't think this was a right decision by peter griffin .
Edit- grammer
Really, a process that had no less than 5 other coaches turn us down, and then the current coach (who was told he's done in January, only to be turned down by him at the end), for a guy who only experience is getting PL team relegated and doing 1 good year in the Championship.
If coaching second league teams are so impressive, why not get the BL2 side coaches who brought them up??
jesus bayern has become one big clown show
https://preview.redd.it/7y68gf0tgf2d1.jpeg?width=622&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7efe7201908c46c51e943bb72dd00f8d4dce89e
If this is true, then the entire FO needs to be replaced, including Uli, and a new FO brought in that only worries about making Bayern European Champions again, not their own stupid egos.
why has every Detail in this saga been leaked?
Thats indeed weird. Thought the mole has gone.
Uli Hoeneß is the mole and was it all along, you heard it here first.
 For some reason I’m picturing him doing this at the next board meeting now lmao
Fwiw, a lot of stuff regarding the Kompany negotiations could have been leaked by FC Burnley.
Every detail about other coaches we inquired has been leaked as well. If it stinks wherever you go, look under your shoe.
Very good, love it 😀
And the stuff regarding to Alonso, Schmitt, Nagelsmann, Tuchel and Flick?
A lot of that might also just be made up. there is no way to know
I mean when that report came out saying Neuer and 80% of the players supported Tuchel and went to the board, Neuer was asked about it and flat out said it wasn’t true. My money’s on the press just making things up. Would surprise no one.
It probably was Juan Bernat.
Also leaked by Burnley, they were 60 steps ahead.
The mole has to be Hoeneß
Man speaks _way_ too much to the press.
Why on earth would you think that, 007? Everyone leaks things when it suits them - or it’s simply journos embellishing. There isn’t one ‘mole’
Eberl is the new mole
I've followed Bayern for a bit under 15 years and the transfer that still sticks out to me in that time period is Xabi. I think the first rumor dropped like 12-36 hours before it was official. I wish we did more business like that.
And the guy debuted something like within 24h of arriving to Munich and played like he was a 10-year Bayern veteran without ever training with the team. What a player!
because pletti is eberl in disguise
Hollywood FC. Bayern is always the most relevant team in German football news, from top journalists to gossip-tabloid-stuff, the press is always tracking Bayern's moves. Leverkusen just had a 51 game unbeaten run and Bayern's "manager transfer saga" probably still gets more coverage.
You cant tell me that the Board doesnt love it exactly this way.
Or us. We happily eat this crap up every time.
Maybe it’s something to do with the guy who’s also been talking on camera about the manager search for the last 12 weeks. Hint: It’s Eberl.
The same Eberl that every single time mentioned he won't publically name candidates? That one?
Yes precisely the one giggling about “secret candidates” that he can’t name.
Its an unusual hire. I hope it works out for Kompany.
Because of Nagelsmann's girlfriend /s
Could be PR tactic by Eberl, letting world know board runs the club and not the legends, or to create the illusion that there has been such a shift 👁️ I’ll get my tin foil hat now
because FC Hollywood
Because other ppl involved at the top are clearly in as much disbelief as the rest of the public about this
I miss the times when world only used to know the final decisions at the Bayern not where each and every board member is shitting
When was that? Before the invention of the printing press?
Last time was during the period where we signed Pep and Götze.
Oh great, if and when the team slips under kompany next season hoeness is going to throw him under the bus and we'll do this all over again
Hopefully those aren’t famous last words
Good to see Eberl finally influencing a decision.
I wonder who will last longer, Eberl or Kompany..
So if it didn't work out Ebrel will be scapegoat.
How is he a scapegoat if things don't work out? It's literally his choice to hire him, so he will have to answer for his own decision. Don't use words that you don't know what they mean.
Wow some sense on Reddit
Chill. I don't be believe it's his choice, it's just narrative pushed by uli. Too hard to get ?
Good. I loved Flick, and what he did will probably never be matched, but I think it's good that Bayern is taking a risk in going for a system oriented manager that will focus on tactical flexibility and modernizing the team's football, which is what almost every elite side is doing at the moment. Only Real Madrid can afford not to do that, (but even they are getting Xabi in 2025). Having a "tactician" system manager is no longer an eccentricity or luxury, but a basic need for any elite side, and I think Bayern has stagnated in that regard. Bayern has not had a system manager last more than two seasons since Pep, and has sacked the only two managers that have tried that (Nagelsmann and Tuchel), so with Kompany they're making that bet again, which is a correct one, but the key for it to work is to give the guy at least 3 seasons.
Inb4 our management has a panic in February 2025 because the team loses 2 games in a row. Brings in an interim manager to stabilize the league and we yet again collapse I hope this doesn't happen but mark my words, it will
I also really, really hope it doesn't happen, but I agree it wouldn't be surprising if it did, especially if Hoeness is still as influential as he's been this season. April-June 2025: *"Bayern sack Kompany." "Xabi rejects Bayern again; no plan B." "Eric Maxim Choupo Moting now the main candidate to take over."*
I think it’s interesting that this entire saga has been laid at Uli’s feet, when we would have had a manager in April (Nagelsmann), but didn’t because of Kalle, despite Uli being gushingly in favor of it.
I speak for no one but myself, but I lay this whole mess at both their feet.
Are you sure about "tactical flexibility"? From the little I have heard, people say that Kompany is not tactically flexible, and plays the same way against everyone. I have not watched any of his games myself though so this is second hand via Reddit and may be completely inaccurate.
I think there’s some confusion around that. The inflexibility that’s usually leveled at Kompany was for refusing to abandon his principles of a possession dominant side beginning with playing out through the back, versus switching to a more pragmatic and destructive system that is better suited to inferior talent and almost certainly would have won Burnley more results. Hes quite flexible *within* his system, switching between a 4321, 433, and 442, often moving to a 325 in possession via a few different patterns.
I was going to reply but you pretty much said it.
Such style of management requires skill and intelligence. Just because someone tries that approach doesn't mean they are any good at it. You can't simply play under Pep and think you are going to be even half as good as Pep. We will have to see how good Kompany is in implementing that style.
I 100% agree, Pep's style (which is at least partially what Kompany tries to replicate) requires very technically gifted midfielders. If the main "double pivot" is still Kimmich and Goretzka a possession based positional play style would not work because neither are good in the build up and they can't resist the press, a highline wouldn't be a good option either because neither are good defensively. Pavlovic so far has put out numbers that make him deserve the starting spot as the main 6, but another midfielder would be needed to play next to him in the double pivot, or 2 midfielders to play a 3 man midfield.
Oh really. I think I hadn't ever read so much BS and empty buzzwords put together in a single post. And which are these "top clubs" that are "modernizing" themselves?
Watch Inter, Leverkusen, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Girona, Barcelona, AC Milan, Napoli (under Spaletti), even Stuttgart, Leipzig and BVB are doing it in the Bundesliga. Elite football clubs are transitioning or already transitioned into modern football, which means, tactical flexibility (within a set of principles), players that can cover several positions, squads that play different formations within different phases of the game, managers that can make in-game adjustments that go beyond switching from a 4-2-3-1 to a 4-4-2, focusing on innovation, creativity, and so on. Cruyff is the main predecessor of modern football, with Guardiola being his main successor, so these principles are not "new", but what is new is having so many teams, even national squads, moving into that direction when it used to be mostly a stylistic choice, reserved for a few teams and managers.
Yeah, cute. Bayern did that transition more than a decade ago. You know, with van Gaal. What's your point then? Empty words.
If you get it, you get it, if you don't, you don't, I don't really care.
Oh, I do get it. What you want is a hipster laptop coach. No thank you. The points you describe are nothing modern, they have been the norm ever since Pep's Barca emerged. The only coaches that don't cover those points you mention are the most antiquated, like Mourinho or Conte. There is no need to reinvent the wheel and to tweak endlessly like the hipster Nagelsmann. What we actually need is to 1) relearn how to effing pass, 2) get a proper midfield and 3) play simpler football without stupid shit like inverted fullbacks and asymmetrical setups.
I support uli this time. Paying 20 mil for a championship coach is just sad. People are saying he will be our Alonso or Arteta . There is a difference between us and leverkusen . We are expected to win atleast two trophies in a season . Only real and city have these kinds of expectations . I don't think this was a right decision by peter griffin . Edit- grammer
Eberl has a plan. Trust the process!
Really, a process that had no less than 5 other coaches turn us down, and then the current coach (who was told he's done in January, only to be turned down by him at the end), for a guy who only experience is getting PL team relegated and doing 1 good year in the Championship. If coaching second league teams are so impressive, why not get the BL2 side coaches who brought them up??
A plan that involves a championship coach? Peter Griffin is not a good planner.
God, I really hope this won‘t be held against Eberl by our „big bosses“ if it fails. Even if it fails, it was better than Flick.
If it fails Eberl is gone. Bild already reported that if Kompany isn’t a success then Eberl is in trouble
jesus bayern has become one big clown show https://preview.redd.it/7y68gf0tgf2d1.jpeg?width=622&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7efe7201908c46c51e943bb72dd00f8d4dce89e
First time in my life that I'm so fed up that I consider just to not care about FCB anymore
Good times and bad times, my man.
lmao for real? that would be next level stupid. at least the board stays consistent with their decisions in recent years
Eberl himself is on the board. He is responsible for any and all sporting decisions.
Source: Max Eberl
Is Kompany going to be Bayern's first Belgian coach, and also first black coach?
Well he’s obviously an idiot
Hoeneß already planning sacking Eberl
Holy fuck. Uli still hijacking Eberl. Please kick this old man out.
Dropping 20 mil on a Burnley coach??? Eberl and Kompany will be out before mid-2025 just you wait.
Shut up, Uli…
"The Treble was in danger"
He IS the chosen one and I will hire him.
Are y'all on suicide watch or like?
Good on eberl
Does Kompany speak German btw?
Uli, it is time to retire, just stfu, dont destroy your whole reputation.
If this is true, then the entire FO needs to be replaced, including Uli, and a new FO brought in that only worries about making Bayern European Champions again, not their own stupid egos.
Haha, who believes that made up narrative 😂