Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Tuesday November 26, 2024 at 5:43 p.m.
Promised to leave Bayern Munich last summer, Kingsley Coman ultimately stayed and established himself as one of the strong men of Vincent Kompany, the new coach who likes him a lot.
Very poorly off to a good start in the Champions League after its first 4 outings, Paris-SG has a lot to do this Tuesday evening. With only 4 small points – a narrow victory against Girona (1-0), draw against PSV Eindhoven (1-1), defeats against Arsenal (0-2) and Atlético de Madrid (1-2 ) – the Parisian team goes to the pitch of Bayern Munich who have only been hooked once this season at home (1-1 against Leverkusen), compiling 6 successes in 7 appearances at the Allianz Arena in all competitions. The Bavarians are thriving in the Bundesliga (leader with 6 points ahead of their runner-up), and if they are slipping in C1 (2 wins, 2 draws), they are therefore almost invincible in their lair and can count on a fiery attack. There is obviously Harry Kane (14 goals in 11 league games, 5 in the Champions League), Jamal Musiala (5 goals in the Bundesliga) and Michael Olise (5 pawns in Germany), who provide. There is also… Kingsley Coman (3 goals, 2 assists) who we did not expect at all to have such a celebration at the start of the 2024-25 financial year.
Coman did not want to join Saudi Arabia at 28
Author of the European coronation goal in the final against PSG in 2020 (1-0), the attacking midfielder seemed destined to leave this summer because, after a last season riddled with injuries (only 24 matches in total, 5 goals) and the arrival of Olise, Bayern Munich wanted to get rid of him. The door was open but, after 9 seasons in Bavaria, Coman is still there, and there. He did not want to join Saudi Arabia at 28, Barça inquired without it going any further, while Paris-SG did not have the slightest contact with him. The French international with 58 caps (8 goals) did not want to end the adventure in a hurry and he hung on despite competition from Olise, Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sané and Mathys Tel. After a timid start, a few appearances in the league, the former Parisian ended up seducing Vincent Kompany, the new Bayern coach.
Became the starter on the left side
Now fixed on the left flank (his young compatriot Olise plays on the right), Kingsley Coman remains on 4 starts in a row in the Bundesliga. “He remains an essential element in the eyes of the staff and his coach. The game proposed by Kompany is based on the reactivity of the players as soon as they lose the ball, and, from this point of view, Kingsley's investment is even more substantial than before. This is perhaps why he is a step ahead of Sané and Gnabry,” notes Patrick Guillou, the former player who comments on the Bundesliga on beIN Sports, in Le Parisien. Back in favor, the native of Paris even found the Blues during the last rally.
