The Manchester City star wants to bring Kompany to Anderlecht

Manchester City star Kevin de Bruyne will follow Vincent Kompany to Anderlecht after the end of his career at Etihad.

The Premier League champions will officially release their legendary captain at an event held at Etihad on Wednesday (9/11), local time. Kevin De Bruyne, from Belgium, also said that one day he would meet with Kompany in Anderlecht.

De Bruyne revealed that Kompany had played a major role in making him join the city. The former Chelsea player has even claimed to feel lost since Kompany decided to leave City and take on his new role as manager and simultaneous player in the Belgian club.

"I hope that his career will be as extraordinary at Anderlecht as at City, and I told him to stay in his team for me within a year or seven, when I finish here," the star said. from Manchester City,

"If he can do it for me, I will have the next goal that I will defend later, my next job." "I still feel lost and want him to stay in town," he added.

De Bruyne also said that Kompany had convinced him to move to City on a 54 million pound transfer from Wolfsburg four years ago. "At that time, City tried to recruit me in Wolfsburg and Vinny (Vincent Kompany) encouraged me to move to Manchester and play with him," De Bruyne said.

"He kept asking me when I would join. He also said," You have to join, "he constantly encouraged me to join City," he added.

However, Vincent Kompany finally left City after 11 years defending the Manchester Blue club. A memory, when he scored an unforgettable goal in the match against Leicester and helped City to win an unprecedented hat-trick.

However, the Manchester City star said Kompany's influence on him was far superior to what fans saw.

In Kompany's new book, 'Treble Triumph' written by Ian Cheeseman and published in November, De Bruyne also added how Kompany made everyone alert.

"This is a team match, this is not about the individual and he still plays his part, even if he is not part of the team, but of course he has played every game in the last few months," De Bruyne said.

"A big commitment to give your life to the team for almost 11 years, most of his life was here at City, and he left it, it was a difficult time, I think his career in Manchester was very beautiful," De Bruyne said.

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