r/fcbayern • u/julesvr5 • 2h ago
Press-Conference [Press Conference] Max Eberl and Aaron Danke giving Updates on Kompany. He is stable but further tests are required. He is expected to be out for weeks.
Max Eberl on Vincent Kompany's condition: "First of all, the good news is that he is stable. Obviously, it was a difficult moment for all of us. He collapsed on the pitch yesterday and is now in hospital, where he will remain for a few more days while they establish exactly what happened, carry out all the examinations, and check everything thoroughly. It just goes to show once again that football isn't the most important thing in life. The most important thing is your health. We're all sending Vini our best wishes for a speedy recovery. We, as Bayern Munich, stand together during a moment like this, because the most important thing is to identify the cause of what happened to Vinnie, ensure that he gets well, and give him the calm and time he needs to recover. He should only return when he feels fully fit again. And that will be our biggest task: to protect him, to a certain extent, even from himself."
Eberl on Kompany: "He had experienced some minor issues last week as well. He is now in hospital, and since yesterday evening, the doctors have naturally been focused on finding out what the problem is. The examinations are ongoing, and they have yielded some results, but further tests are needed to establish exactly what is wrong. Only then can they determine the appropriate treatment. I'm not a doctor, so I'm not going to draw any conclusions or make any assumptions. He is in the best possible hands, and that's the most important thing. What we can do in the meantime is support him emotionally, give him positive energy, and show him our love as he goes through this difficult phase."
Aaron Danks on Joshua Kimmich: "Kimmich is still spending time with his family, he's obviously going through a difficult period at the moment. So he'll take as long as he needs to with his family, and then he'll return to the team."
Eberl on whether Bayern could ask for tomorrow's game to be postponed like the second team's game today: "With the second team, it happened during their training session, so they experienced it firsthand. For the 17- and 18-year-old boys, it was quite something – many haven't had to experience anything negative like that yet. Sometimes things just happen. And the boys were a bit overwhelmed, that's only human. Thanks to Vilzing and the Bavarian Football Association for being able to say so quickly: let's postpone the game. There are more important things than football. As for our fans against Freiburg, we didn't consider canceling it. We've had the situation with Jamal, the dramatic event with Jo's dad, and now Vinnie. These things affect us as people. Everyone looks out for each other, that's what FC Bayern is all about: that everyone is there for everyone else. We're there for ourselves and for everyone else who's affected. That's Bayern Munich, it's what truly defines us, it strengthens us as a family, that we go through this together and are there for each other, that's the most important thing."
Should Bayern maybe have intervened earlier to stop Vincent Kompany from overworking himself?
Max Eberl: "Of course, people can try to find someone to blame, but the fact is that we protect our coach wherever we can. When a coach says, “I feel ready to do things,” we are not in a position to know exactly how he is feeling. We cannot simply say, “Okay, we’re not going to allow you to do that.” - We had already held him back for two days. The coaching staff kept him out for two days before the Arsenal game because we knew he had this virus. However, he had recovered well and felt fine. At that point, it becomes difficult to tell him, “You’re not allowed to do this.” - He has his own voice, of course, and the right to express himself. He wanted to be involved in the game, and everything seemed fine. He felt well. But now this has happened. Of course, there is also a certain degree of personal responsibility involved in recognising when to say, “I don't want to do this anymore. I can't carry on.” And I think Vinnie is such an outstanding personality and such an incredible worker that he tends to push himself beyond that point. Perhaps something has been lost in our society in this regard, but there are still people like him who simply say, “I want to get things done. I want to work.” - There is also a great saying: “If you don't listen to the quietest signals your body sends you, eventually your body will scream.” - And that's what has happened now, unfortunately, and we all have to respect that. I would also really appreciate it if we could give everyone involved some time at this stage. Of course, we will answer the questions we can, and we will do our best to shed light on what remains unclear, as far as possible. But this is not an easy situation for us either, and I would be very grateful if we could allow everyone the time they need. Vinnie will be given that time. We will also continue to make an even greater effort than before to protect him from himself, so to speak. But if we turn to the game tomorrow in Freiburg, I think the greatest joy for Vinnie would be for us to play well tomorrow and, ideally, get a positive result. That would probably be one of the best things we could do to help him recover."
Danks: "It's a difficult situation, we're only human. You can't predict a situation like this, but I've come to know how strong the boys are, how strong their winning mentality is. We've created a family unit over the years, and Vinnie's played a big part in that. We're relying on that now and obviously it will help us in this situation"
Danks on whether Vincent Kompany will be involved in the preparation for tomorrow's game: "We're going to try and avoid as many football communication with him as possible. I'll exchange messages with him on a care-friendly basis, but not so much a football basis. In terms of the game plan, in terms of the players and the team we'll do all that together as a staff, we've got René Marić with me as one of the assistants. René's tactical detail; his opposition analysis is really, really high level. And that's the way him and Vince work together, so we'll be using that and continuing that work moving forward. I promise you we're going to do our best to avoid as many football conversations with Vince as possible, just allowing him his time to recover, be with the family, get himself better, get himself healthy. We'll take care of the football for as long as we can, and we'll use the players to help us, use all the staff to help us. And we'll let Vince just focus on his family and his recovery"
Eberl on whether there's an estimation of when Kompany will be back: "Vinnie will be given all the time he needs. We're not starting to build any timeframes. We need to figure out what it is, and then we'll discuss what recovery time means. We won't be talking about days, but weeks. We all understand that. And we have such a fantastic coaching staff, with Vinnie at its head. But the success is based on an outstanding team behind the scenes. There's absolutely no thought of changing anything. All the guys who are here are outstanding – and therefore we can all approach the next few weeks in the spirit of Vinnie, which everyone has within them."
