Craig Bellamy will NOT follow Vincent Kompany to Bayern Munich, with manager's Burnley No 2 parting ways with relegated boss after he agreed a deal to replace Thomas Tuchel
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Craig Bellamy will not join Vincent Kompany at Bayern Munich, with the Burnley boss set to be named the Bundesliga giants' new boss.
Kompany is due to move to the Bundesliga giants despite the 38-year-old overseeing Burnley's relegation from the Premier League, winning just five games all season.
The ex-Wales international has served as Kompany's assistant for five years, joining his former Man City team-mate at Anderlecht and following him to Burnley.
Together the pair helped mastermind a hugely impressive Championship campaign in 2022-23 with Burnley returning to the top-flight as champions with 101 points, although their inexperienced young squad came unstuck this term.
Mail Sport can exclusively reveal however that Bellamy will not be joining Bayern, where Kompany is set to take charge.
Craig Bellamy will not be joining Vincent Kompany at Bayern Munich as the ex Manchester City defender prepares to succeed Thomas Tuchel
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Bayern’s search for Thomas Tuchel’s successor has seen the likes of Xabi Alonso, former head coach Julian Nagelsmann and ex-Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick turn the role down.
The German giants had even tried to tempt Tuchel into staying after announcing his departure three months ago, but those U-turn talks failed to prompt a change of heart.
Bayern have turned to Kompany and held discussions with Burnley chairman Alan Pace over a compensation fee on Wednesday in the hope of wrapping up a deal in the coming days.
Burnley’s board had placed a sizeable amount of faith in the Belgian and deferred a considerable amount of power to him – particularly in the recruitment department.
He had spent in excess of £90million on new players over the season, though those reinforcements were unable to stem the flow of defeats as Burnley won just five games in the 2023-24 league season.
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