Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany is recovering at home from a meningeal irritation following a recent hospital admission, while club bosses and coaching staff enforce a strict ban on discussing football with the 40-year-old.
Despite collective agreements among Bayern chiefs and repeated public confirmations from assistant coach Aaron Danks that no work-related topics are being discussed with the Belgian, TV expert Marcel Reif has publicly doubted the enforceability of the measure during the BILD show “Ripe is Live”.
While Kompany is on the road to recovery at home, Reif expressed clear skepticism regarding the notion that football is completely absent from conversations with the head coach.
Addressing the official communication ban, Reif stated: Apparently things are okay, Kompany is on the mend, he’s home. And then I’m told we don’t talk a word about football. Seriously, people, kids, stop it now…
The TV pundit explicitly questioned whether the 43-year-old assistant coach could completely avoid football matters, adding: Don’t tell me his assistant coach doesn’t talk to him about the lineup or when Kompany asks him something – we’d be in a madhouse if that were the case. Of course they talk about everything.
Reif acknowledged that assistant coach Aaron Danks is currently doing a great job, a success he attributes in part to the team playing very well. However, the expert emphasized that the current arrangement can be no “permanent state” for the German record champions. Concluding his assessment of the situation surrounding the absent manager, Reif made it clear that He has to come back sometime.
