Vincent Kompany makes strong Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi point as Bayern Munich boss rubbishes Toni Kroos' claim Bundesliga giants have become 'dependent' on Jamal Musiala

World Cup winner Kroos, who spent several years at the Allianz Arena before heading to Real Madrid, has claimed that Bundesliga heavyweights rely too much on moments of inspiration from their 21-year-old Germany international forward. He told the Einfach mal Luppen podcast: “I think it’s extreme how dependent Bayern is on him. Especially against good opponents. You can be dependent on a player. But it’s surprising how dependent they are on Jamal to even create chances.”

Musiala is a key cog in the Bayern machine, with nine goals and three assists being registered through 16 appearances this season. Top players tend to take on such responsibility, though, with all-time greats Ronaldo and Messi filling similar roles over the course of their Ballon d’Or-winning careers.

Kompany is eager to make that point, telling reporters when responding to the comments from Kroos: “Weren’t Real Madrid dependent on Ronaldo? Weren’t Barcelona dependent on Messi? Jamal has so much quality, so it’s normal that a lot of things are being spoken about him. He’s definitely a special player and of course he’s important for us. But Michael Olise, for example, also has a lot of goals and assists. Of course there aren’t that many players with 15 goals, but the goals were shared between them.”

While Musiala has been starring for Bayern, helping them to the top of the Bundesliga table and precious Champions League points, Olise has chipped in with seven goals and four assists while prolific England international striker Harry Kane has already found the target on 20 occasions – with that haul including four hat-tricks.