According to "Bild", Kompany hopes that Davis can complete his comeback in the first half of the season. The latter and Hiroyuki Ito are already training for long-distance running.

The media pointed out that on Monday local time, Bayern coach Vincent Kompany (39 years old) and sports director Christoph Freund (48 years old) suddenly appeared together at the Sebena Street training ground. The pair rarely appear together for inspections.

Just after 10:30, Kompany, who was wearing a gray training suit with a fluorescent orange jacket, and Freund, who rolled up the cuffs of his sweater and paired with jeans and white sneakers, appeared in the rehabilitation training area together. They made a special trip this time to observe the recovery training of Alphonso Davis (24 years old/torn cruciate ligament in right knee with cartilage damage) and Hiroyuki Ito (26 years old/third metatarsal fracture).

Normally, the rehabilitation training of these two injured players is handled by the new rehabilitation director Benjamin Sommer (43 years old/joined from Frankfurt in August) and rehabilitation coach Simon Martinello (40 years old). Kompany’s assistant Floribert Ngalula (38 years old) also often participates in the collaboration. This time, Kompany and Freund visited the scene in person to conduct a 15-minute inspection of the recovery progress.

Seven months after the two players were seriously injured, the two leaders focused on observing the preparations of Davis and Ito to return to training together. Ngalula organized a passing practice for Davis, while Ito had to complete the header clearance task. The rehabilitation program also includes turf passing drills and a final distance running unit.

It has not yet been determined when Ito and Davis will return to training together, but Kompany revealed on Friday that Davis may return earlier than expected: "The recovery is going very smoothly. The medical department and Alfonso are currently cooperating with each other tacitly. I originally expected him to return in early January, and now it seems that it may even be earlier. If the current progress is maintained, ten We will be able to welcome back Davis who is in excellent condition in February. If he can play a few games in December, it will prove that all links are working perfectly. "

Kompany and Freund have already had a joint inspection - they went to Paris to watch the Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille (3:1). At that time, two Bayern directors inspected Marseille attacker Luis Enrique (23 years old), but the Brazilian player ended up joining Inter Milan instead of Bayern this summer. This time they traveled together again in the form of inspection tours for rehabilitation training.