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Will Vincent Kompany take charge of Bayern Munich against Arsenal after missing press conference?

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Deniran-Alleyne, T. (2026, October 20). Will Vincent Kompany take charge of Bayern Munich against Arsenal after missing press conference? Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/vincent-kompany-bayern-munich-arsenal-fc-b1301613.html

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Bayern Munich announced that Vincent Kompany is resting due to a viral infection and will miss both training and the pre-match press conference for their upcoming match against Arsenal. His assistant coach Aaron Danks attended the press conference instead and indicated that Kompany’s involvement in the game remains uncertain but he will contribute remotely. The team also expects captain Manuel Neuer, who missed the previous match due to a foot injury, to return for this game. However, Jamal Musiala is out of training with an ongoing thigh injury sustained during international duty.

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🔮 A Bayern Munich statement read: “Vincent Kompany is taking it easy due to a viral infection and will therefore miss today’s training session and press conference.”

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A Bayern Munich statement read: “Vincent Kompany is taking it easy due to a viral infection and will therefore miss today’s training session and press conference.” asserted

Kompany → read → session

In Kompany’s place on Tuesday afternoon for the pre-match press conference was his assistant coach Aaron Danks and he delivered an update, as well as confirming the chances of the Belgian being in the home dugout. asserted

Belgian → deliver → dugout

“So Vincent has had a virus and it has been really important that he rests and getting Vincent to rest is a difficult challenge but he is at home resting,” Danks revealed. asserted

Danks → have → home

“We take it day-by-day so I’m still unsure of his involvement tomorrow but we are in constant communication, we discussed training today, we discussed what type of work we wanted to cover off, the meetings and stuff like that. asserted

we → take → that

“I’m in constant dialogue with him, he will play his role, he will play his part in the game. asserted

he → ’m → game

Whether that’s at the Allianz or not at the Allianz, we have to wait and see at this moment.” asserted

we → ’ → moment

Bayern will be boosted by the return of captain Manuel Neuer against Arsenal after he missed the 6-1 win over RB Leipzig at the weekend with an ongoing foot problem. asserted

he → boost → problem

Joshua Kimmich - a scorer in the 2023-24 quarter-final win over Arsenal - was not present in the session either, but reports in Germany claim this was due to private reasons and should be available to start in midfield. uncertain

this → claim → midfield

Read More Jamal Musiala however, was not spotted in training on Tuesday and is therefore set to be unavailable for selection against the Gunners. asserted

Musiala → read → Gunners

The attacking midfielder has not featured since withdrawing from international duty with after sustaining a torn muscle fiber in his right thigh while warming up for Germany's Nations League clash against the Netherlands last month. asserted

midfielder → feature → Netherlands

Will Vincent Kompany take charge of Bayern Munich against Arsenal after missing press conference?

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