Among tactical implementation, developing players and dealing with the media, keeping a healthy dressing room atmosphere is one of the most important roles for a football manager. Managers can be strong tacticians but a failure to keep the dressing room under control could lead to total collapse-something Vincent Kompany's predecessors, Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel, learnt the hard way. In contrast, the 39-year-old Belgian manager is capitalizing on his emotional intelligence to find the perfect balance at Bayern Munich.
Arsenal are reportedly up against Bayern Munich for the potential transfer of highly-rated Serbian wonderkid Vasilije Kostov, who has drawn comparisons with Barcelona's Pedri. The 17-year-old attacking midfielder has already made 26 first-team appearances for Red Star Belgrade and has won cap for Serbia's senior national team. According to the Sun, Arsenal are now tracking Kostov after his impressive contribution of six goals and five assists for Red Star Belgrade.
Breaking through at Bayern Munich as a youth player is exceedingly difficult. Lennart Karl may have made it look easy, but usually one has to compete with an array of stars as an academy player to get game time. Felipe Chavez is in a fairly similar boat. He caught the eye with a bright display in the big 5-0 friendly against RB Salzburg before making his Bundesliga debut against VfL Wolfsburg.
Harry Kane has been a revelation with Bayern Munich, regularly scoring or assisting goals and even started several attacking moves that end in a goal. That's what he embodies: goal, goal, goal. Bayern has a goal too: to extend his contract before anyone can have a sniff, much like they did with Vincent Kompany when Manchester City were on the prowl.
It actually felt quite good. We'll have to watch it again. It's often the case against Bayern that you think you could've got more out of it. At the same time, you have to be honest and say that their individual quality is just outstanding. You have to be alert for 95 minutes,
The young centre-back has also been offered to Bayern via his agent, and while the German giants do want to sign him immediately, they will continue to monitor his progress. Vuskovic jas made 14 starts in the Bundesliga this season, scoring three goals. The young defender was superb in Hamburg's 2-1 loss to Freiburg, scoring one goal. He is seen as one of the top talents in the Bundesliga, and Spurs will be delighted by his progress.