Max Eberl was a guest on Sport 1 Doppelpass

On the Musiala criticism by Hamann: "Jamal speaks for himself, his quality speaks for itself. I think there's no disagreement about that in Germany. I see it as a good omen because Didi Hamann said in 2019 that Robert Lewandowski will be a problem for Bayern – and one year later Lewandowski won everything"

on Kompany: "Vincent is an incredibly empathetic person. He feels football with every ounce of his being. He has a clear vision of how he wants to play football, that's what we need today. From a human perspective, he knows how to deal with the players, how to accurately communicate his ideas – active football, aggressive pressing, a lot of man to man and taking risks. That maybe wasn't the case recently at Bayern. He holds a lot of long, intensive talks with the players" []

Eberl says "It's nonsense" that Vincent Kompany was only Bayern's 6th or 7th choice in their managerial search

Eberl: "Football cannot be revolutionized in a transfer window. But football does not stand still. Today, all teams can defend well, that's the easiest thing to do. That's why you have to impress the opponents. In the past, we had the wing pair with Robben and Ribéry. We're always looking for this individual quality. But you also have to find other things: being active to force the opponent to play long balls. Thomas Müller is currently benefiting greatly from this idea. He initiates the pressing and is then in good positions." []

on the search for a coach: "There was always a ranking list. You start and write down names of coaches. At Bayern, it's a different level than in Gladbach. Lots of names were mentioned publicly. I didn't even speak to Unai Emery, for example. We got rejections from Julian Nagelsmann and Ralf Rangnick, we made offers to them. But there were more names on the shortlist – 15 to 16 coaches. You then have discussions and then make the decision. Vincent Kompany was on this list from the start. I saw him in Anderlecht – he's a huge talent as a coach. He was relegated with Burnley, but he always stuck to his style of play. We then made the decision – with all the courage that goes with it. We actually were annoyed that we didn't speak to him earlier"

on whether the players were asked before appointing the new coach: "We talked about it, but we didn't involve the players in the decision. We were certain that we would find the coach who would fit this team. If you ask the team, you'll probably get 26 opinions"

on having tried to bring Nagelsmann back: "Julian Nagelsmann remains a great coach for me. We had the feeling that he was not yet done at Bayern. In the past, everyone came when Bayern called. The market has changed. The coaches have also noticed that there have been a lot of coaching changes at Bayern in recent years. We have to work to get that appeal back. We will give Vincent Kompany time to be successful together"

on the new Champions League format: "I'm excited, I was a bit torn, but I've been excited since the draw. It's a different feeling, you're playing against eight opponents – others are playing against completely different opponents. It'll be exciting until the last matchday. In the past, the top two teams were usually decided after four games. We want to win against Zagreb, that's of course a given for FC Bayern"

on the title race: "I have respect for the competition. You should always have that as an athlete. We have competitors like Leverkusen, Dortmund and Leipzig, who have always reached the Champions League in recent years. I think the Bundesliga has become very exciting. We are motivated and want to bring the trophy back to Munich" []

on the pressure to sell players in the summer: "We don't have an investor, Bayern Munich worked it all out themselves. Other clubs have had sheikhs and Arabs involved. We have to sell to have funds. If we don't get the income we hoped for, then I wouldn't be able to do other things. This is a completely normal process. We are a big club that stands together and where discussions take place at the highest level. Nevertheless, we have to have a clean balance sheet so that FC Bayern can still be at this level in 15 or 20 years."

on the criticism after a trophyless season: "Bayern Munich won the title for eleven years. Now that we were not champions last season, everything was viewed very, very critically. We are taking the blows head on and want to rebuild our train again. Vincent Kompany will get the time for that – this is the statement from Bayern Munich, not from Max Eberl."

on Kimmich's return to midfield this season: "We felt with the way we want to play football, Josh fits better in midfield in order to bring his qualities. We also have two natural right-backs with Sacha Boey and Josip Stanišić. Therefore the departure of Mazraoui was only logical, because three right-backs would've been too much"

Eberl confirms that Bayern want to extend Kimmich's contract: "We spoke to Josh clearly. This is an important time for him. We made it clear to him that he should become one of the faces of Bayern Munich. We will aim for an extension, it's a big topic for us. Joshua feels very comfortable in Munich. We told him whether he still has the fire for FC Bayern, and he still has it. I won't talk about contractual details here" []

on Goretzka's situation: "I told him clearly that it would be difficult for him. That's our job. He's behaving well, I really respect him as a person. Sometimes things can change. The best example is Serge Gnabry. He took on the fight and is now a regular starter"

on Musiala's future: "Of course we want to extend Jamal's contract, that's not a secret. Talks are already underway and will now be intensified. Jamal should be the face of FC Bayern. Will it be difficult? Difficult yes, but not impossible. Jamal knows what he has in FC Bayern. It's the club that took him to this level. We're ambitious, we want to win titles, just like Jamal. Bayern's goal is to keep Jamal"

On the salary: "Bayern will still pay top wages in international comparison, but maybe not to as many players across the squad"

on the fan reaction to de Ligt's sale: "I followed it, including the petition. I know that many fans identify with him. Nevertheless, I had to make this decision because we also had to sell players. We felt more comfortable with Upamecano and Kim because they can defend higher up the pitch. And then an offer came in for de Ligt."

on the signing of Hiroki Itō: "We definitely wanted to have a left-footed player in the backline in order to be more flexible in the build-up. Then there was the situation with Alphonso Davies, we decided not to extend his contract yet. Hiroki can play on the left as well. We approached it with a long-term perspective. Hiroki is an underrated player and was a key player in Stuttgart." []

Will Bayern sign Jonathan Tah next year?

Eberl: "He's out of contract in 2025, German international, played a big role in Leverkusen's title campaign last season. That's it. I'm extremely happy with Kim and Upamecano"

Is there a deal with Tah to come next year?

Eberl: "No"

on why Tah wasn't signed this summer: "We negotiated, Leverkusen gave us a deadline and a price. We couldn't meet either of those. It was only 48 hours and it was too tight for us. And we didn't generate the income to be able to afford him" []

Kompany with UEFAcom

Vincent Kompany in interview ahead of the Champions League start: "If you play against Bayern, it has to represent an almost impossible mission. I'm not saying it's going to happen straight away, I'm not saying that's where we are right now, but when I played against the very best Bayern teams, they could give you that feeling. It's not like this every year, but some teams have given you that feeling and that's what you remember. For us, it's the goal to come back as quickly as possible to give that feeling to many opponents."

Kompany: "The aims are very simple. You always want the highest level. For us, whenever we speak about any game, any trophy, it's always about trying to win the competition, and the Champions League is obviously the most difficult one. With the teams who have won it in recent years, there are a few who will obviously aim for the same, but it's a special venue for the final and there is a special feeling here about the Champions League."

Kompany on what makes a great leader: "It would be to be able to put the team before yourself. Very simply. It's easy to say, it's not very easy to do. I was fortunate to be in an environment with a lot of reference points, a lot of leaders. I was lucky to play with Patrick Vieira, Frank Lampard, who were leaders at their clubs for many years, but I also had coaches who were good leaders. Then I also had my parents. And you draw a little bit from everything, but the closest thing to leadership for me will always be what is closest to you, and that remains in everything I try to do. You earn trust and respect just by trying to be honest, saying what you think, when you think it. A 'say what you mean and mean what you say' type of attitude. You might not always get popularity with it because, as a manager, it's not necessarily possible to always be popular, at least not in the short term."

Kompany on how he developed his leadership as captain of Manchester City: "You have different phases in leadership. During my time at Man City as a captain, I probably evolved with it as well – the captain I was in my first phase was not the captain that I was in my last phase. It comes with age, maturity. You transition much more from when you do things for yourself, and you want to be a leader, the strongest, the fastest, the most aggressive, the most important in the team. Whereas when you get a little bit older, you want to be the one that makes everybody around you better, you want to be the one that calms everything down, or that motivates everyone, and I think that transition happens even in your leadership."

Kompany on how he has progressed as a coach: "I think the best decision I made was to take myself out of my comfort zone. There was an option to remain at the big clubs and continue a youth team trajectory to then, hopefully, maybe promote back to the top, but I went straight into the job and I learned to deal with changing squads, young players, older players, players who can execute certain things but not everything, from difficult situations in terms of results to having the extreme highs of winning nearly everything. So I've experienced all of that and I'm only 38. And it gives me a feeling of having been in a job for a very, very long time now, and that's something that I wouldn't change for anything in the world. It was all fantastic learning."

Kompany on how coaching has developed since he started playing: "Coaching and football will always keep evolving, and we [had] probably much less tactical information when I started my career. Now you can go to any level in football and you will see tactical detail, you will see a lot of analysis done on the opposition as much as analysis on your own team. That wasn't maybe as much the case when I started, but then at the end of my career it was – and I suppose we're always trying to push those boundaries to see if there's a component we can do individually with the players, if there's something we can add on the pitches. Everybody's trying to push that line to what's going to be next, and that's exciting."

Kompany on communication: "It's probably the most important thing: to have clarity. You communicate it every day – clarity is not just tactical, it's just clarity of who you are as a team, who you are as a group. The rest, I think you communicate in different ways. Sometimes it's on a video screen or on the pitch, but it's also your body language, it's the feeling.

I come from Brussels, and we speak so many different languages. Just in Brussels alone, you could be speaking French, Dutch, maybe a little bit of Arabic or Lingala from Congo, Italian, Spanish, it's all mixed. And you find that unless you communicate with people, nobody will do what you want them to do, and that's a big part of what we learn. I take it with me when I communicate with the group.

Communication is also very individual, so there are some things, some messages, that can only be said in a certain way to certain people. But then there are core messages, where they have to accept as well that you are going to communicate in the way that is necessary to achieve your goal. It's crucial, and it's not going to be any less in the future. We try and stay on that line."