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Vincent Kompany

nderlecht, once Belgium’s most potent club, has a new messiah – again. Vincent Kompany, long-time ex-captain of Manchester City and ambassador for an ebullient generation of Belgian players, is the new head coach at the Brussels-based club. In August, Kompany unexpectedly announced his retirement as a player following a career that spanned 17 years at the highest level, marked equally by triumphs and recurring injuries. He led City to their first-ever

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