Patrice Evra has nothing but praise for Vincent Kompany, and he believes the Bayern Munich manager deserves far more recognition for what he has accomplished.
Evra pointed to Kompany’s journey from being relegated with Burnley to taking charge of one of the biggest clubs in world football as proof of his character and managerial ability.
“And what he’s done with Bayern, after getting relegated with Burnley? Bayern are not crazy. Like myself, I’m not crazy. I could see Kompany was always a manager. I see the way when he was talking at City on the pitch or whatever. So he has had it for a long time and he can deal with ego.
“You saw some clip when he was at Burnley, when a player wasn’t doing what he wanted, he was going crazy. They respected him because he’s someone who achieved a lot of things and he won a lot of things. So he doesn’t get the credit he deserves,” Evra told Stake.
Kompany faced plenty of skepticism when Bayern Munich appointed him, particularly after Burnley’s relegation. However, he quickly silenced many of his critics and established himself as a coach capable of handling the pressure, expectations and egos that come with managing Bayern Munich.
Evra believes there is still much more to come.
“Everyone was like ‘what’s happening? Why is signing for Bayern Munich, a big club like that?’ But he proved everything wrong, everyone wrong. And I know he’s going to keep doing even better than last year,” Evra stated.
“100 percent, I think he’s one of the best managers. I think he is really underrated. It’s not easy, and I will not play the racist card, but being a black manager, I don’t see many of them right now.”
For Evra, Kompany is not simply succeeding at Bayern Munich, he is proving that he belongs among the best managers in the game.
Last week, ESPN issued an analysis ranking Kompany as the 9th best head coach in the game. Not too shabby for a guy that started his job at Bayern Munich with some doubt attached to him.
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