“The main thing for me is to consider sport at an equal level as you would consider mathematics or poetry at school. It's another place where you can send your kids; they can have fun, but you can expect them to have good teachers, and you can expect them to progress.”

Belgian football manager and former player

Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany is a Belgian football manager and former centre-back, born in 1986. He is the head coach of Bayern Munich, and as a player he became best known for his long spell at Manchester City and his role with Belgium. Kompany spent eleven seasons at Manchester City, wearing the captain’s armband for eight of them. He also represented the Belgium national team for fifteen years and captained it as well, making leadership a defining part of his career on and off the pitch.