Kompany to Bayern Munich?

[agreenwood]

You can’t question someone leaving for a bigger club don’t get me wrong but he will go down in people’s estimations for the sh*tshow of a season we have had that’s all

I’m sure he’s gone down in lots of people’s estimations over the last 12 months. He was a god to most fans on here last summer.

That’s completely separate to leaving for a job in a different stratosphere to the one he’s in now tho. Only an oddball would think less of him for taking that kind of opportunity.

If he left for Bournemouth or Forest, aye. Not Bayern Munich.

[CoolClaret]

I hear the argument that as a favourite in a league his playstyle is a winner but he didn't pull up trees at Anderlecht did he?

This will honestly blow my head off if it happens - I wouldn't begrudge him either, not one bit... Though I'd be annoyed that we've been left with a leaned out recruitment department, and a fair amount of overpriced, lightweight sulkers that have done nothing in a Burnley shirt.

[Pearcey]

Looking at the sources I’d say there’s definitely something in it.

[jedi_master]

Maybe he’ll loan us Musiala and Sane.

[Rick_Muller]

When my 84 year old mother who lives in Swindon asks me about it - of course it’s gaining traction…!

This is mental

[123EasyasBFC]

I’m sure he’s gone down in lots of people’s estimations over the last 12 months. He was a god to most fans on here last summer.

That’s completely separate to leaving for a job in a different stratosphere to the one he’s in now tho. Only an oddball would think less of him for taking that kind of opportunity.

If he left for Bournemouth or Forest, aye. Not Bayern Munich.

He had gone down this season but fans then thought he will learn and bring us back up.

I’m totally aware it’s Bayern and it probably suits his plan, go to the biggest club in Germany with the biggest budget, win a few trophies whilst pep stays at city then soon as pep calls it a day high management stock is high and can walk into Man City

[CrosspoolClarets]

Whether he leaves or not, my alarm bells are ringing at the possibility that our manager has, for two summers running, had his team circulating his name out amongst the media to get him out of Burnley.

Tends to be my thinking. Your Moyes call is also a good one.

The elite move in mysterious ways, I haven’t the foggiest what the truth is. Entirely plausible he has an army working for him who do all this and much of it he doesn’t hear about until it is down the track. He will have that much coin he can afford a team of 10-20 people working just for him, not for our club.

Ultimately, if he wants to leave, he will, if he wants to stay, he will. I would hope some morality kicks in, wanting to make up for his poor decision making that has cost us survival (after excellence the previous year). But I’m a realist, this is professional football and they don’t think like that.

[123EasyasBFC]

Rumour in one of my lads group chats is that kompany was given permission to speak to Bayern today

[Rick_Muller]

Rumour in one of my lads group chats is that kompany was given permission to speak to Bayern today

Must be doing the rounds with the youngsters - my lad told me the same

[Swizzlestick]

The owners got lucky that we had the best team, yes kompany coached them well. Owners getting lucky in all aspects of the club. For example away fans in home end, wasn’t an issue last season because we pretty much dominated every game

But the owners hired Kompany. Bit of a left field choice at the time, with many expecting a ‘safer’, more pragmatic choice like Wilder. You can see what subsequently happened as ‘luck’ I guess, or the results of a very good board decision. Things have gone sour in the last year or so, but it’s somewhat remiss to say they were just ‘lucky’.

[JohnMcGreal]

I knew Bayern were getting a bit desperate with a string of potential appointments saying 'nein' but Kompany really would be a peculiar appointment.

As long as we get a hefty pay out for him I think I'd be quite relaxed about it.

I feel like last season went so badly that the damage might be done and it might not be a bad time to part ways.

[matttheclaret]

Be interesting to see what sort of compensation we could get out of this

[jedi_master]

Well, we’ll know the reality of this if Pace hasn’t responded to Romano’s tweet with a gif of Pinocchio by this time tomorrow.

[burnley007]

I'll be absolutely gutted if he goes.

[CrosspoolClarets]

The club is now arguably in a riskier state than when he joined, due to having 2 years parachutes not 3. So the jury is out whether Vinny’s time here has been a success. His Anderlecht time was also up and down. I simply can’t see him getting the City job until he proves himself more at Premier League level. You can’t do that at Bayern, it is too easy a league, but they are too big to turn down I’ll accept that.

[burnleymik]

It's not really a choice for him if it's true. Burnley or Bayern Munich...

Hell of an opportunity.

Think it will shock the football world, not just the Burnley fans.

[Rileybobs]

I simply can’t see him getting the City job until he proves himself more at Premier League level. You can’t do that at Bayern, it is too easy a league, but they are too big to turn down I’ll accept that.

You mean like Guardiola?

[BurnleyFC]

If he does go, I’m just going to put this out there, get David Moyes in.

I don’t think we’d stand a chance.

Moyes has a stronger CV than even Sean Dyche.

[Vegas Claret]

Can't do us any harm him being linked with big jobs

[Poulton-le-Claret]

He is the favourite to join Bayern on Sky Bet at 15/8. Absolutely mental if it happens.

[forzagranata]

If Bayern want him - he'll be going. Simple as that.

[Rileybobs]

It’s hard to believe this is true, but there appears to be some substance.

If he leaves now the most disappointing thing for me would be that we could have sacked him in December and had a real chance of staying in the PL.

[agreenwood]

If Bayern want him - he'll be going. Simple as that.

Agreed, but still feels like a massive IF to me.

[Shaggy]

This would be ace if he goes to Munchen. Nice big fat pay out and maybe he could also poach some of our players with a nice wedge too. Win win…

Bonus would be seeing KRBFCs meltdown

[jedi_master]

I don’t think we’d stand a chance.

Moyes has a stronger CV than even Sean Dyche.

I totally agree that he does - worth a shot though, certainly we’d have to try. There’s no other vacancies in this country that he’d be in the frame for currently so it’s whether he’d fancy waiting in the hope of a sacking or return back to the North West.

[Casper2]

Who could blame him for leaving? He'll never win over the whole fan-base and I'm sure most of us know it.

Surprise surprise, Bill blames the fans

[Casper2]

I totally agree that he does - worth a shot though, certainly we’d have to try. There’s no other vacancies in this country that he’d be in the frame for currently so it’s whether he’d fancy waiting in the hope of a sacking or return back to the North West.

Because obviously Pace will go for someone like Moyes

[agreenwood]

I totally agree that he does - worth a shot though, certainly we’d have to try. There’s no other vacancies in this country that he’d be in the frame for currently so it’s whether he’d fancy waiting in the hope of a sacking or return back to the North West.

Not sure a very inexperienced squad of technical footballers and big expectations to win promotion would be massively appealing to an old pragmatist like Moyes.

[NewClaret]

Agreed, but still feels like a massive IF to me.

They want him. Fabrizio is as solid as it gets.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Been thinking about Moyes as a replacement, because why the heck shouldn’t we ponder it, if rumour is good for the goose it is good for the gander. Sod it.

Actually a good Moyes defence and midfield spine in this team.

Trafford - Roberts, O’Shea, Esteve, Taylor - Massengo, Brownhill.

That is a solid starting point for playing a less expansive style. IF Vincent goes, we have to go up in Year 1, we cannot afford to go left field, we need a winner ASAP, and Moyes moving back to the North West fits the bill.

I appreciate I am being two faced after saying I wouldn’t take Dyche’s style back, but if we get kicked in the goolies by Bayern I think we have to be pragmatic.

[TommyPicks]

Burnley Express are saying we are stating ‘No comment’ to the speculation.

[jedi_master]

Because obviously Pace will go for someone like Moyes

Wasn’t it between Kompany and Wilder last time? I don’t think Pace is against something more ‘Dyche-ian’ necessarily!

[RVclaret]

Moyes with this squad come on now.

[burnleymik]

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[CrosspoolClarets]

You mean like Guardiola?

Yes but Vincent will have moved there from Burnley not Barcelona, bit of a difference

[jedi_master]

Moyes with this squad come on now.

Hey let me dream. The squads not suitable for his usual requirements but I think the amount of work needing to be done is so massive that it would be reassuring to see someone who screams stability come in and do that rebuild.

Anyway, it won’t happen almost certainly. So moving on…

[burnleymik]

That latest post from Fabrizio doesn't seem as confident as some here are, just that they have been in contact and he is interested, adding him to the list.

[Poulton-le-Claret]

On the plus side, maybe he will take Amdouni and Tresor with him

[TsarBomba]

Very peculiar this, but..

Bayern have been rejected by well over half a dozen managers already. Schmidt at Benfica the latest.

The success of Leverkusen with a young coach playing vibrant football has likely turned their heads.

And although this is a very obvious departure from the norm for Bayern, there has been a lot of change behind the scenes, with Khan and Salihamidzic both leaving recently, and all the old legends before that.

There’s legs in this, and I think we’re going to be looking for a new manager very soon. VK tops the betting, and the sources are impeccable.

[agreenwood]

They want him. Fabrizio is as solid as it gets.

No. He’s said to be on their “list”. He might be one of 5 and his agent might be pushing it public more than the agents of the other 4.

After a bad season it does Kompany absolutely no harm to have his name linked with a huge football club by “credible” sources. This could still just be some mutual back scratching.

Kompany wouldn’t be the first manager to be heavily linked with a job and it later transpire that he wasn’t ever really in contention.

The Sporting Lisbon coach looked nailed on for Liverpool at one point, but it looks like Slot was always their man.

[PremierLeagueClass]

If Bayern want him - he'll be going. Simple as that.

You reckon?

[KlyBfc]

Would i understand him going? Yes
Am I bit annoyed? Yes because we’ve backed him when almost every other club/fans would have clammered for him to be sacked with how horrendous we’ve been this year (esp at home)

However

I’m mainly worried, why?

Because we are arguably one poor appointment off being stuck in this league with some expensively assembled, inexperienced, disheartened players and serious financial ramifications.

[CoolClaret]

Moyes with this squad come on now.

Why is that?

We have wingers, good midfield, play a similar base formation (4-2-3-1), strong, athletic striker, and definitely have the type of defenders he could work with.

He would add a few and make it work no problem.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Moyes with this squad come on now.

The forwards would go to generate the cash and would be replaced (not all of them, some are suitable), but as I said above many of the defenders are solid, it was the tactics that exposed them.

[ClaretsPadiham]

If this happens it’s surely one of the most bizzare appointments ever ?

A European juggernaut who got to a Champions League semi final wanting a manager that stunk the Premierleague out with a clubs worst ever season.

[jedi_master]

Because we are arguably one poor appointment off being stuck in this league with some expensively assembled, inexperienced, disheartened players and serious financial ramifications.

That concern is there whether he stays or Guardiola is our manager, unfortunately.

That is the bed we lie in with this ownership.

[Murger]

Moyes is levels above Kompany. Too say he couldn’t sort this team out is laughable.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

That latest post from Fabrizio doesn't seem as confident as some here are, just that they have been in contact and he is interested, adding him to the list.

Exactly he’s supposedly been ‘added to a list.’ All sounds like very good PR work from his agent a bit like last summer with Spurs and Chelsea.

[TsarBomba]

That latest post from Fabrizio doesn't seem as confident as some here are, just that they have been in contact and he is interested, adding him to the list.

FR saying ‘he’s in the list’ is just covering bases.

Where are the other names in this list? Where’s the similar rumours with other managers?

I’ve only seen Bayern repeatedly rejected, and not in discussion like with VK.

[Nonayforever]

If he is on a shortlist of 4 or 5 it doesn't matter who the others are, what matters is who sells the best vision .
If Kompany wants it, it's there for the taking.