Mark Hughes has opened up about how he came to sign Vincent Kompany for Manchester City. The centre-back spent 11 years at the club, serving as a top-class defender and an inspirational leader before finally bowing out on the high of a clean sweep of domestic trophies under Pep Guardiola that included a sensational winning goal in the penultimate Premier League game with Leicester.
As well as naming a road at their training complex with a mosaic after him, the club plan to erect a statue outside the Etihad to mark his lasting contributions.
Kompany came on to Hughes's radar back in 2006 when the Welsh coach was in charge of Blackburn, where he made an immediate impression in a friendly. "Vinnie was a player that from the first time I saw
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