“When there's pressure on the ball, you can go man-to-man on your striker; you've got the advantage because the ball pressure means it'll be a difficult pass to play.”

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.