Vincent Kompany is back at Bayern's training ground after 18 days

Good news from Munich: Vincent Kompany is reportedly back at work. Several media outlets reported on Tuesday that Bayern's head coach has returned to the club's Säbener Straße training base, 18 days after he collapsed.

The club did not comment on the reports at first.

What happened?

According to the reports, Kompany spent the morning in his office working on a laptop. Photos also show the Belgian together with sporting director Christoph Freund. One photo shows him with his arm in a sling.

According to Kicker, he also attended doctor's appointments. Bild and tz report that he suffered a shoulder injury when he collapsed. It is still unclear whether he is already taking over all of his duties again.

Why is everyone talking about it?

On 23 October, Kompany collapsed during a training session of Bayern's U23 team and was taken to hospital. Doctors diagnosed meningeal irritation, an irritation of the membranes around the brain. After he was discharged, he was told to rest and take medication.

Since then, assistant coach Aaron Danks has stood in for him. And the team has coped well: in five competitive matches under Danks, Bayern won four and drew one. They lead the Bundesliga (Germany's top football league), are in the last 16 of the DFB-Pokal (the German Cup) and are still in the running for a direct last-16 spot in the Champions League.

Last week, Danks said he had had some really good phone calls with Kompany. According to him, the coach sounds very positive and seems to be on the road to a full recovery. No date had been set for his return.

What's next?

Club honorary president Uli Hoeneß had recently said that Kompany would be back on the bench two to three weeks after the international break. The first match after the break is on 20 November against 1. FC Köln.

For now, nobody has confirmed whether Kompany will lead training again or whether he will first ease back in. Danks said the break was a good chance to take stock and judge when the coach can return.