Kompany health update as Bayern Munich give recovery timeline on hospitalised boss

Bayern Munich chief Max Eberl says the club will have to protect Vincent Kompany from himself, revealing it will take "weeks" for the manager to recover from his illness.

Kompany was hospitalised on Friday, with an air ambulance landing at Bayern's training ground after their manager collapsed. The 40-year-old is in a stable condition in hospital, with tests ongoing to determine what happened after he initially fell ill with a viral infection.

He took charge of Bayern's 2-2 draw with Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday before collapsing on Friday. Bayern will play Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday without their manager and director of sport Eberl gave an update on Saturday.

"Vinnie will be given all the time he needs. We're not starting to put together any timeframes," said Eberl. "We need to firstly figure out what it is and then we'll discuss calmly what the recovery time is to be. We won't be talking about days, but weeks. We need to all be clear on that."

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Eberl also responded to suggestions that Kompany should not have been on the touchline for Wednesday's Champions League game, having been ill since last week.

"The fact is, we protect our coach wherever we can," he said. "If a coach says he feels ready to do something, then we're not going to say 'we won't allow that' if we don't know what's going on.

"It's also everyone's own responsibility to say, 'I can't carry on now'. Vinnie's a hard worker. If you don't listen to the subtle signals your body sends, eventually it will scream out in pain. Vinnie will be given that time [now], and we'll continue to try, even more than before, to protect him from himself."

He added: "The good news is he's stable. I spoke with him last night, as well as with his wife. He will have to stay in the hospital for a few more days until everything has been checked and verified.

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"The cause has been investigated all along. He already had minor issues last week. The doctors are doing nothing but figuring out what it is. The examinations have already yielded some results. But further results are needed to classify what it is and how long it will take for him to recover. I'm not a doctor. But we can support him energetically and lovingly.

Kompany's assistant Aaron Danks will take charge of Bayern against Freiburg. He has spoken with the Bayern boss in hospital and gave a brief update.

"I explained to him that we would be having no football conversations," said Danks. "It was just checking in on his health and making sure he's OK. All the football operations are in our hands and we'll work together as a team to keep the club moving forward."

Speaking after the 2-2 draw with Arsenal, Kompany said: "As a coach, you always want to do everything and accomplish everything. I caught a pretty nasty virus last week, and of course I didn't listen to my body, and then at some point my body said: 'Stop now.'"