Hoeneß says Kompany should be back on Bayern bench within weeks
Bayern honorary president Uli Hoeneß said Vincent Kompany should return to the bench two to three weeks after the international break.
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On 8 November 2026, Bayern Munich's long-serving figurehead Uli Hoeneß gave an outlook on the return of head coach Vincent Kompany, who had been absent from the touchline after falling ill.
Hoeneß said Kompany would be back on the bench two to three weeks after the international break, when club football pauses for national-team matches. Until then, assistant coach Aaron Danks continued to cover for him and lead the team in matches.
The absence followed Kompany's collapse at a training session in late October, after which he was taken to hospital and later sent home to recover. The club had said at the time that his return was a matter of weeks rather than days.
Hoeneß's comments mattered because they were the first indication of a rough timeframe for the coach's comeback during a busy season of Bundesliga and Champions League fixtures. Danks had been widely credited with keeping the team steady in the meantime.
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