Hoeness visits Kompany in hospital, Klose: 'All of us are stubborn'

Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness has visited coach Vincent Kompany in hospital after his collapse at the training centre, while other club coaches in Germany wished him a speedy recovery.

The Bild paper said that Hoeness went to the clinic on Saturday and also had some food for Kompany with him. Hoeness told Welt am Sonntag paper that he was shocked when he heard the news. 

Kompany, 40, collapsed on Friday afternoon while watching training of Bayern's reserve team and taken to hospital. Kompany had previously suffered from a virus.

Bayern board member for sport Max Eberl, who reportedly also visited Kompany on Saturday, has said that Kompany would remain in hospital for a few days as tests are carried out to determine what caused the collapsed.

Eberl said that Kompany was expected to be out of action "for weeks" and in appeared to confirm suggestions that Kompany was overworked when he said that in the future "we'll continue to try, even more than before, to protect him from himself."

Miroslav Klose, the 2014 World Cup winner now in charge at second division Nuremberg, said that this may not be easy because "all of us are stubborn. We have to make sure ourselves that we free our mind."

Klose was among a number of coaches wished Kompany well and cited the demands the coaching job brings with it.

Schalke coach Miron Muslic said that "our job is very demanding" with long days and said that what he called "coaching hygiene" was all important.

Niko Kovac from Bayern's big rivals and opponents next weekend Borussia Dortmund said: "It is important to give him rest at this stage. He needs the time. 

"We all know how exhausting the coaching job is. I know that football is nice, but it should also be the most wonderful pastime in the world when it comes to health," Kovac said.

Assistant Aaron Danks will be the main man in charge for the time being at Bayern, starting with Sunday's league match at Freiburg.