Man City's captain Kompany vows to never leave for Real or Barcelona

Published September 23rd, 2012 - 01:43 GMT
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Al Bawaba

Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany has vowed that he would never swap the Etihad club for Real Madrid or Barcelona.

The City captain, fears he would never step out of the shadows of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo if he were to move to La Liga.

"It would take me time at another club to reach the level I have achieved with City. Even then there would be no guarantee I could do it," The Sun quoted Kompany, who says he was a target for both Barca and Real earlier in his career, as saying.

Kompany added: "Besides, I am convinced that I can win just as many honours with City as I could with Barcelona or Real Madrid. Whoever goes to play for Real will be in Ronaldo's shadow, and whoever joins Barca will be overshadowed by Messi. So I prefer to be captain of Manchester City.

"I feel very much at home here and am able to live a normal life. I get interest from paparazzi, but so long as you behave normally there is no problem," he said. (ANI)

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