Kompany keen to stay at City

– Vincent Kompany (above) believes he is playing better than ever as he celebrates a decade as a Manchester City player, with the club captain even talking of extending his stay at the Premier League champions.

The Belgian international, whose time at City has been plagued by injuries, appears to have finally found consistent fitness and is a key component of the City team that has started this season in ominous fashion with convincing victories over Chelsea in the Community Shield and Arsenal and Huddersfield in the Premier League.

Next up is at visit to newly-promoted Wolves today, and Kompany, 32, is enjoying City’s dominance under Pep Guardiola so much, he wants to extend his playing career at the Etihad.

“I’m actually really lucky to be a really good athlete naturally so I still feel mobile, I still feel strong, I’m improving and I’m learning so much more about the game,” said Kompany, whose current contract expires at the end of the season.

“I’m not stressed or nervous about any possible scenario because I’ve prepared for every eventuality.”

On top of his leadership and ability on the field, Kompany is a key symbolic figure as the only player to have joined the club before Sheikh Mansour’s takeover poured in billions of pounds to make City’s squad and facilities the envy of the Premier League.

Signed for a bargain £6 million from Hamburg in August 2008, Kompany had only been in England for a matter of days when the Abu Dhabi owners took over with riches that have backed City to three league titles.

The only early-season setback for Guardiola’s men has been a couple of long-term injuries suffered by playmaker Kevin de Bruyne and second-choice goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.

Bravo’s rupture of an Achilles tendon in training this week forced City to recall Aro Muric from a loan spell with Dutch side NAC Breda.

But City’s strength in depth was clearly highlighted when Guardiola left club record signing Riyad Mahrez on the bench alongside the likes of Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling, Kyle Walker and Nicolas Otamendi. –

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I’m actually lucky to be a really good athlete naturally so I still feel mobile.

Vincent Kompany Manchester City captain