Kompany representative Aaron Danks: His most important task: Don't talk to the boss about football

“I spoke to him briefly last night,” said the FC Bayern assistant coach when he appeared together with Max Eberl in the press conference before the game against SC Freiburg (Sunday 5:30 p.m.) on Saturday.

He explained to Kompany that "we weren't going to have a football conversation. It was just about his health." He will also “really try to avoid football communication with him” before the game. He will only write him caring messages. Match plan, line-up, the staff is doing it all for now.

Danks, 43, is expected to be at the head of FC Bayern's coaching team while Kompany recovers from the effects of his collapse on Friday evening, for real this time.

In the past few days, the Englishman had already represented the head coach when he was unavailable due to a virus infection, led training twice and spoke in the press conference before the Arsenal game.

In the coaching team, Danks is the assistant responsible for set pieces, which is why you can see him standing in front of the bench in every game when corner kicks or free kicks are taken.

He is considered particularly popular and supposedly always brings the porcelain cockatoo with him, with which Bayern have celebrated their titles since 2025.

And he already represented Kompany when he was only allowed to sit in the stands in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final in Paris last season because he was suspended.

Kompany said at the time: "Danksy has experience. He's been on the sidelines in the Premier League."

In England, Danks worked for years as a youth coach at various professional clubs, was employed by the English association and was assistant coach at Middlesbrough FC and Aston Villa, where he coached two games as interim coach.

He worked briefly with Kompany at RSC Anderlecht and then came to FC Bayern with the Belgian in 2024.

Thanks in particular, you'll see more of them in the coming weeks.

In Paris, during the wild 4:5, he kept in touch with Kompany in the stands as much as possible.

This time he has to make the decisions without his boss. So that he can concentrate on getting healthy.