Vincent Kompany guided Bayern Munich to the 2024/25 Bundesliga title in his first season and Bayern enter the new campaign as overwhelming favourites. Rival clubs have lost key players, weakening potential challengers, while RB Leipzig have also seen significant departures. A poll of Bundesliga coaches backed Bayern to retain the crown. Bayern strengthened with Luis Díaz and won the Super Cup, but they lost Kingsley Coman and Leroy Sané and face a long-term absence for Jamal Musiala after a severe Club World Cup injury. Kompany emphasizes hunger, mental readiness, and continued motivation to compete domestically and in Europe.
You always want to set the bar a little higher, that will always be the case. We are champions, so it's okay that we are favourites. But that won't win you the game tomorrow. The important thing is that we have the hunger, as if we were winning for the first time.
The most important game so far was against Stuttgart. We took a step in the right direction there, he added. We have to win tomorrow's game too, then we can say we've made a good start. It's true that pre-season has not been ideal. But then you have to be mentally prepare
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