Bayern Munich Begins New Season Under Vincent Kompany
Vincent Kompany blows the whistle and a new Bayern Munich season begins.
On a quiet training pitch far from the noise of a World Cup summer, the outlines of his first full campaign in charge are starting to take shape. No trophies on offer, no cameras chasing every touch, but these are the days that usually decide how sharp a team looks when the real pressure arrives.
Kompany’s core group reports early
While the World Cup stars are still catching their breath, Kompany already has a small but significant core at his disposal. Sven Ulreich, the dependable veteran, is back between the posts. New signing Tom Bischof joins him, as do João Palhinha, Bryan Zaragoza, Sacha Boey and Arijon Ibrahimović from the first-team squad.
They form the early spine of Kompany’s work: a goalkeeper who knows every blade of grass at Säbener Straße, fresh legs desperate to impress, and a coach determined to impose his ideas from day one.
Just off to the side, another storyline is unfolding. Serge Gnabry, Lennart Karl, David Santos Daiber and Cassiano Kiala are being eased back in as part of their rehab programmes. No rush, no shortcuts. Bayern know that how they manage these weeks could define their availability when the fixtures start to pile up.
World Cup returnees on a staggered schedule
The World Cup may be over, but its after-effects still shape Bayern’s calendar. The majority of participants, including the Germany internationals, will not jump straight into full training. Instead, they report for performance diagnostics on 27 and 28 July.
Those tests are the gateway to the next phase. Once cleared, the players will travel individually to the training camp at the Tegernsee, slotting into Kompany’s plans on a tailored schedule rather than a one-size-fits-all return.
Luis Díaz, Konrad Laimer and Josip Stanišić are set to link up with the group just before the Audi Summer Tour to Jeju and Hong Kong, with departure scheduled for 1 August. Their arrival will lift the tempo and the internal competition, just as the squad boards the plane for Asia.
Harry Kane, Michael Olise and Dayot Upamecano will take a different route. They are due to join the squad only after the team returns from Asia. Jamal Musiala, Alphonso Davies, Ismael Saibari, Gnabry and Karl will also reintegrate at that stage, working in Munich rather than on tour.
It’s a staggered return that reflects modern elite football: tailored workloads, individual plans, and a head coach trying to knit it all together into one coherent unit before the Bundesliga kicks off.
Tegernsee camp opens the doors
From 27 to 30 July, Bayern decamp to the Tegernsee. It’s a familiar setting, almost a ritual now, where the hard running of pre-season meets the first glimpses of tactical detail.
Every afternoon at 15:30 CEST, the training ground there will open to the public. Open sessions, open scrutiny. Fans will watch Kompany’s drills, see who looks sharp, who lags behind, and which new partnerships might be forming.
The camp closes with a now traditional fixture: a friendly against FC Rottach-Egern on 30 July. The game, once again, will be shown via a free live stream on Bayern’s official channels. It’s usually a relaxed occasion, heavy on goals and light on jeopardy, but for players on the fringes or returning from injury, it can feel anything but casual.
For Kompany, these weeks are about more than fitness charts and sprint data. This is where he sets the tone for a dressing room that will soon be full again, where he lays down the standards that must hold when the squad is finally complete and the season’s demands start to bite.
