{"id":23282,"date":"2024-10-20T03:15:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T02:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=23282"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:33:04","slug":"rummenigge-i-asked-pep-about-kompany-before-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rummenigge-i-asked-pep-about-kompany-before-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rummenigge: \u2018I asked Pep about Kompany before appointment\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/bayern-munich-interested-in-liverpool-goalkeeper-alisson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bayern Munich <\/a>board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says he asked Pep Guardiola about Vincent Kompany before hiring the former player.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kompany joined Bayern from Burnley this summer, although he was also a former captain for Pep Guardiola, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mancity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rummenigge said to Kicker: &#8220;Max Eberl (the sporting director) asked me to talk to him because I am very close friends with Pep.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I told Pep that I needed an analysis that was authentic and honest. We then spoke on the phone for almost two hours.<br>\n<br> To make a long story short, he said that he was 100 percent convinced that Vincent Kompany was absolutely the right coach for Bayern.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;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.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;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.<br>\n<br> And you can see that in our team too.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says he asked Pep Guardiola about Vincent Kompany before hiring the former player.\u00a0 Kompany joined Bayern from Burnley this summer, although he was also a former captain for Pep Guardiola, at Manchester City. 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