Vincent Kompany tends to bring his people with him in his coaching jobs. Assistant coaches Floribert N’Galula, Bram Geers and Rodyse Munienge have followed Kompany throughout the young head coach’s career at RSC Anderlecht and Burnley FC. The latter duo have now left Kompany to pave their own paths, so the Belgian has moved forward by both finding new coaches and rekindling old relationships. The duo of Rene Marić and Aaron Danks are brilliant examples of the latter. Marić is the most unlikely rekindled
relationship of them all, given their relationship consisted of going through the same coaching courses together, but Danks worked with him at Anderlecht for 8 games in 2021. Still, Danks joined his coaching team at the start of their journey together at Bayern in 2021.
Now Danks could manage in a Champions League semifinal against the reigning champions, according to BILD (and captured by @iMiaSanMia). Due Kompany’s suspension from a yellow card in the UCL tie against Real Madrid, he cannot be on the sidelines for the first leg vs Paris Saint Germain. And it seems that Danks will take over at the Parc de Princes:
There’s no clear hierarchy among Vincent Kompany’s assistants. Officially, the Belgian doesn’t have a clear number one assistant coach. Each of the four has their own responsibilities, without any hierarchy: Aaron Danks focuses heavily on set pieces. Floribert N’Galula has been by Kompany’s side his entire coaching career and is particularly involved in training. René Marić is primarily the tactical mastermind. Daniel Fradley recently joined from Manchester City as chief analyst.
Nevertheless, it’s likely that Danks will take charge on the sidelines in Paris. He’s currently always the one giving the instructions from the sidelines during set pieces. Danks has already been interim manager for two games at Aston Villa, where he was also an assistant to Unai Emery and Steven Gerrard, as well as to Michael Carrick at Middlesbrough and, at Anderlecht, to Kompany.
Well, good luck to Danks and do not be surprised if Bayern nets a set piece in the game.
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