Soccer-Kompany returns to Bayern training ground


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Champions League - Bayern Munich v Arsenal - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - October 21, 2026 Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany reacts REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Bayern ⁠Munich coach Vincent Kompany returned to ⁠the club's training ground this week ‌for the first time since collapsing during a practice session last month, the club said on Tuesday.

• Bayern ​did not hold a ⁠full training session with ⁠most of their players away on international duty. ⁠TheBundesliga ‌leaders return to action at home against FC Koln on November ⁠20.

• Belgian Kompany was discharged from ​hospital after ‌suffering a meningeal irritation that caused him ⁠to ​collapse during a session involving the club's second team. He had been recovering from a ⁠virus before the incident.

• "Kompany is ​on the road to recovery and has been back at the training ground. The head ⁠coach is also completing rehab on his injured shoulder there," Bayern said in a statement.

• Assistant manager Aaron Danks was in ​charge of the team for ⁠wins over Freiburg, Magdeburg, Atletico Madrid and ​Mainz, and a 2-2 ‌draw with German title rivals ​Borussia Dortmund.

(Reporting by Paras J. Haji in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

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