#vincent-kompany

#vincent-kompany

Kompany can keep up with the trend; wide-legged trousers like these are extremely popular and can be seen on all the catwalks. He fits the style perfectly, he's very contemporary. His looks, his status - everything about Kompany's style just fits. Kompany looks like he could still play himself. He gives the impression that, in terms of style, personality, and understanding of football, he's completely on the same wavelength as his players. He's not like their dad, but like a big brother to them.

But once in a while big transfers are made outside of the plastic clubs. One such example is the free transfer of Edin Džeko to 2. Bundesliga leaders Schalke 04. Under the new sporting management of Frank Baumann, the club have managed to convince the 39-year-old former Manchester City player (and Bundesliga champion with Wolfsburg in 2009) to return to Germany for the first time since leaving Wolfsburg in 2011.

Among tactical implementation, developing players and dealing with the media, keeping a healthy dressing room atmosphere is one of the most important roles for a football manager. Managers can be strong tacticians but a failure to keep the dressing room under control could lead to total collapse-something Vincent Kompany's predecessors, Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel, learnt the hard way. In contrast, the 39-year-old Belgian manager is capitalizing on his emotional intelligence to find the perfect balance at Bayern Munich.

But in the final two games of the first half of the campaign in the new year, the Munich men have further underlined their superiority in emphatic fashion and now set an incredible record to boot! With 47 points and a goal difference of +53, head coach Vincent Kompany 's men have completed the best first half of a season in the history of the German top flight.

Ahead of the first competitive match of 2026, head coach Vincent Kompany will share his thoughts on the clash in his regular pre-match press conference.