Rummenigge: ‘I asked Pep about Kompany before appointment’

Bayern Munich board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says he asked Pep Guardiola about Vincent Kompany before hiring the former player. 

Kompany joined Bayern from Burnley this summer, although he was also a former captain for Pep Guardiola, at Manchester City.

Rummenigge said to Kicker: “Max Eberl (the sporting director) asked me to talk to him because I am very close friends with Pep.

“I told Pep that I needed an analysis that was authentic and honest. We then spoke on the phone for almost two hours. To make a long story short, he said that he was 100 percent convinced that Vincent Kompany was absolutely the right coach for Bayern.

“Sometimes fate helps you. The number of rejections that Max Eberl unfortunately had to deal with meant that we may have gotten exactly the coach we needed for this team.

“There were two decisive factors: the team likes the style of football, and so do the fans. Football should be fun. This is exactly why children play in the street. And you can see that in our team too.”