Vincent Kompany understands his testimonial will probably be a psychological event, however jokes he is looking forward to seeing who’s stayed in form.
A bunch of Manchester City and also Premier League legends are set to turn out to Kompany’s testimonial at the Etihad Stadium, live on Sky Sports Premier League on Wednesday evening from 7pm; Kick-off at 7.45pm.
In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports ahead of the match, the 33-year-old joked he wanted the wounded Leroy Sane could play cause Gary Neville a headache at right-back, and is also eager to see how his former team-mates are shaping after time out of the match.
He said”There are many old faces, and I want to see who’s still in form and who is not anymore! I recall a whole good deal of discussions in the dressing room…’What are you going to do when you stop playing?’
“Nigel de Jong is still enjoying, so I will need to wait for another time with himbut I believe he was planning to go the other way! Those they don’t, and the people that you think go another way, they don’t!
“I’m excited about seeing whose in shape mostly, and discuss the stories we still remember from the dressing room.
“It is unfortunate that Leroy Sane is out with a knee injury, because I would have put him Gary Neville. My goal was to place the winger I could find on the side of Gary Neville! Unless he goes and hides at centre-back, we will see.”
Kompany, who captained Manchester City left in the end of last year to come back to boyhood club Anderlecht because player-manager.
Money will go to Tackle4MCR – that the initiative Kompany set up together with the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping from town.
Finds himself as a Mancunian that is honorary, has a very simple motive.
He said:”My children ‘ Mancs. There is a Enormous problem with homelessness in Greater Manchester. The city has grown incredibly well and it is such a City, however it appears we’ve left plenty of folks behind on that journey. It is just whether there is a way.
“Homelessness is a difficult issue to tackle. The first thing that you think about is:’Should I move and give money to someone, would that make his life simpler?’ It is a lot more complex than that.
“So it is all about finding the correct partners, and we were blessed because to be honest to him, ” the Mayor Andy Burnham has been really dedicated to address the problem of homelessness.
“We will need to look also at what type of environment we need our kids to develop in. We speak about each one these problems, and we have some problems we can solve and put to bed. This is only one of them. It does not have to be. Only a little commitment from a number of people will mean a lot.”
Manchester City Legends – managed by Pep Guardiola
Joe Hart, Costel Pantilimon – Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Pablo Zabaleta, Richard Dunne, Gael Clichy – Nigel de Jong, Samir Nasri, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Stephen Ireland, David Silva, Dietmar Hamann, James Milner – Craig Bellamy, Sergio Aguero, Mario Balotelli, Benjani
Premier League All-Stars XI – plagued by Roberto Martinez
Edwin van der Sar – Phil Neville, Gary Neville, John O’Shea, Wes Brown – Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Rafael van der Vaart, Cesc Fabregas – Thierry Henry
Watch Manchester City Legends vs Premier League All-Stars on September 11 from 7pm on Sky Sports Premier League; Kick-off 7.45pm
Money raised from the game goes to Tackle4MCR – the initiative which Kompany set up with the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to address homelessness and rough sleeping in the city.
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