🎧 Vincent Kompany: The Golden Boy
In a Football Daily special, Copa90 documentary maker Eli Mengem goes on a journey to understand Vincent Kompany's remarkable rise to his current job as Bayern Munich manager.In the episode, Mengem analyses his youth, playing career and early steps in management, speaking to the former Manchester City captain's former team-mate Kyle Walker, ex-manager Hugo Broos and others along the way.Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
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