Vincent Kompany cites France legend as inspiration during his playing career

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany celebrates on the final whistle after his goal won the Manchester City v Leicester City F.A. Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium on May 6th 2019 in Newcastle (Photo by Tom Jenkins) | Getty Images

Bayern Munich can be considered as a legendary club, backed by success over the years and the iconic players to have donned Bavarian red. Vincent Kompany, coach of said legendary club, has idolised a legend that helped France win the World Cup in 1998. No, it’s not Marcus Thuram’s father.

“Marcel Desailly. You probably know him from a legend card on FIFA or something. He was my idol, a very strong defender. He won the World Cup with France. He was a good example,” Kompany said (as captured by X account @iMiaSanMia).

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Desailly won two Champions League titles as a player (one with Marseille in 1993, and one with AC Milan in 1994) and two major international trophies: the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 with France.

Desailly debuted on what was then called FIFA 15 as part of the legends roster, and remains a usable player in the game, now known as EA FC (currently FC26). Kompany himself debuted on FC 24 as part of the new “Heroes” roster: players considered legends but also something of a “streets won’t forget” type of player.

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