Former Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany will miss his own testimony because of a hamstring injury.The 33-year-old was due to play for a City legends team versus a Premier League tales group on Wednesday evening at Etihad Stadium.But the Belgian, that left City after 11 years to sign up with Anderlecht as player-boss in the summer, will not take part.
“I will not be playing, sadly,”he stated. “It is regular of me. I have a minor hamstring injury.”
He continued: “There are still a lot of awesome gamers to be viewing as well as it has to do with the celebration and also to say bye-bye – I do not need to be on the pitch because of this.”
The cash increased from the friendly will go towards Tackle4MCR, a charity Kompany set up with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to assist with homelessness in the city.Since leaving the club, City have lost Aymeric Laporte [1] as a result of an injury suffered in their 4-0 loss by Brighton, but Kompany claims he does not think the team has been deteriorated by his absence.
“The crucial toughness of this Manchester City group and what Pep has actually had the ability to perform with this team is relying a lot more on the system than the individuals,” he said.
“If you go back via the past 2 years in which the group won 5 of six readily available domestic trophies, we had to deal with lengthy spells without Fernandinho, Kevin de Bruyne, myself and also Sergio Aguero. These allow gamers as well as the group has never ever seemed to collapse.
“They can prevent as well as recover this gap by ending up being a stronger group however I do not see City weakening. Pep is way too familiar with this risk to allow it occur and the gamers have experience currently as well.”
Meanwhile, Kompany also thinks Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk is the very best protector to have played in the Premier League.He said:”I
go back to gamers that really thrilled me when I played against them, central protectors, I would bring it back to Virgil van Dijk.
“Being a defender is how you make your team a lot more solid. The Liverpool prior to Van Dijk and after – it is a completely various set-up.”
