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Vincent Kompany recalls hiding Man City exit from Pep Guardiola after telling Khaldoon Al Mubarak
17.06.2023 - 15:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Vincent Kompany told chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak that he wanted to leave Manchester City in the immediate aftermath of his stunning winner over Leicester in the 2019 title run-in - and then both of them kept the news from Pep Guardiola.
Kompany left City after a glittering 11-year spell, with the inspirational captain calling time on his association with the Blues after helping them to an unprecedented domestic treble. The Belgian will be remembered most for his long-range goal over Leicester to move City above Liverpool in the 2019 title race with one game to go.
City would go on to win the title on the final day at Brighton, with the FA Cup following a week later in the 6-0 hammering of Watford that would prove to be Kompany's last game.
Talking to former Manchester United defender Gary Neville, Kompany has revealed how he bumped into the chairman after the Leicester game, but wouldn't tell Guardiola until he knew he would start the FA Cup final.
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Discussing the Leicester goal with Neville on his Overlap channel, Kompany said: "It was nice, everything landed the way it was supposed to. It was my last game at the stadium. I remember after the game I saw the chairman.
"He was the first person I told. I'd made my mind up but then it was a confirmation. I told the chairman, I said: 'Khaldoon, this is it.' I told him I can't do better than this. We'll win the league, we'll win the FA Cup, that will be it. He was the first person I told, It was an emotional time."
Khaldoon would keep his secret, and Kompany would wait until the eve of the cup final to tell Guardiola and his then-assistant Mikel Arteta, using the news to guarantee his place in the starting
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