The Intern: Vincent Kompany could imagine Jerome Boateng learning coaching ropes at Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany has known former Bayern center-back Jerome Boateng for quite some time.

With Boateng recently retired, Kompany was asked about the ex-defender going into coaching

— or even joining the Bayern Munich staff.

Kompany talked through what that all could look like.

“I’ve known Jérôme from Hamburg. I was 20 and he was 18 or 19 when we met. We also played together at Manchester City. If you saw him back then, no one would have expected him to be this successful. Of course, he can become a top coach if he works hard and surrounds himself with good people, you can always become the best. But that takes time,” Kompany said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “Could he join my coaching staff? I don’t discuss that publicly. But an internship for a few weeks, sure, of course, he’s always invited to that as a Bayern legend. We can benefit from his experience as a world-class defender.”

Boateng is in the process of figuring out what is next, but a couple of weeks shadowing a scorching hot Bayern Munich side would not be the worst thing he could do.