MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany has been discharged from the hospital, his assistant Aaron Danks confirmed Wednesday, five days after collapsing during a training session.
The 40-year-old Kompany was observing a practice session for the club's reserve team when the incident occurred last Friday.
Speaking after Bayern’s 6-1 win over Magdeburg in the German Cup, Danks said there was “no timeline” on when Kompany might be back at work.
“It’s obviously a really positive step in his road to recovery,” Danks said of Kompany leaving the hospital. “He gets to settle back at home now, be closer to his family, be closer to his home comforts but it’s still really important that he takes his rest and he recovers.
“So there’s no timescale on it — nothing that I’ve been told. Our doctors will continue to work closely with Vince and at the right moment, he will be back with us once he is fit and healthy to do that. And we look forward to that day.”
Danks said he hadn’t spoken to Kompany for a couple of days.
“His health is our No. 1 priority and for us he is still in recovery mode,” Danks added. “So we want him to get back to full health, full fitness, and then join us.”
Kompany was absent from the dugout for Bayern’s 3-1 win over Freiburg on Sunday.
Bayern’s next game is Der Klassiker against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
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Munich's assistant coach Aaron Dank directs the team during the German Cup soccer game between Bayern Munich and 1. FC Magdeburg, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in Munich, Germany. (Tom Weller/dpa via AP)
Munich's assistant coach Aaron Danks stands before the the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and FC Bayern Munich in Freiburg, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. Harry Langer/dpa via AP)
FILE - Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany arrives for the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and FC Bayern Munich in Augsburg, Germany, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
DoorDash is offering $17 billion to buy Instacart to supercharge its grocery delivery business in what would be a big consolidation in grocery delivery.
DoorDash said the Instacart brand name and app will remain, and Instacart shoppers would be able to continue fulfilling orders as before. Grocers can also choose to work with Instacart or DoorDash. Instacart customers will now have access to 50,000 additional stores covered by DoorDash, the company said.
Instacart, founded in 2012, specializes in grocery and convenience store delivery in the U.S. and Canada. Its 600,000 “shoppers” — who are independent contractors — completed 338 million orders last year, according to company filings. Instacart has a market value of $14 billion.
DoorDash, founded in San Francisco in 2013, began as a restaurant delivery business but has expanded to pet food and electronics. Operating in 40 countries, it completed more than 3 billion orders last year using a network of 9 million independent delivery workers. It has a market value of $73 billion.
DoorDash began delivering groceries in 2020 amid a surge in pandemic-era demand. Grocers were initially cautious. Kroger partnered with the San Francisco company in 2022 but initially allowed the company to deliver only flowers, sushi and prepared meals from a limited number of stores.
The partnership with one of the nation’s largest grocery chains expanded last fall, and DoorDash now lists the full inventory of all 2,700 U.S. Kroger stores in its online marketplace. DoorDash scored another coup last month when it added delivery from Costco.
Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, said the acquisition will combine Instacart’s expertise in grocery with DoorDash’s expertise in logistics and delivery.
“Grocery is one of the hardest things to get right online. Someone has to pick a ripe avocado, find a substitute you’d choose yourself, and get the ice cream to you before it melts,” Xu said in a statement. “Together, we could give stores of every size more of those tools and unlock the potential of grocery delivery.”
DoorDash’s aggressive market-share gains by have hurt Instacart. Five years ago, Instacart commanded 26% of spending on U.S. delivery platforms; that share has fallen to 18%, according to Consumer Edge, a market research company. DoorDash’s share grew from 44% to 59% in that same period. Uber Eats’ share held steady at just under 20%.
It’s not yet clear what the deal will mean for some partnerships. Instacart offers delivery from Walmart, for example, but DoorDash stopped providing Walmart delivery in 2022.
FILE - A food delivery rider waits at a traffic light, March 30, 2020, in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
FILE - An instacart logo and an instacart webpage are seen in New York, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
