Manchester City as the most powerful force in English football. The fellow countrymen are now close friends after becoming legends at both club and international level.But Kompany insists he didn't think de Bruyne was good enough when the midfielder joined the Belgium squad for the first time back in 2010.De Bruyne has just been named PFA Player of the Year, but Komany once feared the 29-year-old might not make it to the top.He said: "I must say he came into the national team when he was very, very young and at the time he really didn't leave a good impression with me."I don't know.
I thought he just seemed to moan a lot. He tried a lot of things that weren't coming off at that time when he came, and I said it's a shame, because we could.
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