Kompany told he’ll fail being a Pep copycat
VINCENT KOMPANY has been slammed for trying to copy Pep Guardiola after failing to win any of his first four games as playermanager of Anderlecht.
The Belgian, 33, left Manchester City at the end of last season to return to his first club.
But his coaching career has got off to a nightmare start – and he sent his players out to apologise to fans after their 4-2 defeat at Kortrijk last weekend.
And former Anderlecht and Ajax coach Aad de Mos claimed Kompany is failing because he is trying to play Guardiolastyle football with inferior players.
“In football, you do not have to copy another coach,” said the Dutchman. “Kompany wants to do the same thing as Guardiola at City and that makes me sick. “City have players like Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne. Anderlecht needs to get by with more modest players. Guardiola (inset) has Aymeric Laporte, Ilkay Gundogan or Raheem Sterling. Kompany does not have them.” The centre-back was out of position for three goals against Kortrijk and De Mos added: “He should have been forbidden to do both jobs. It is ridiculous.
“Vincent is intelligent – he thinks during a match. It is normal that it affects him as a player when his team is not playing well.
“Former Dynamo Kiev coach Valeri Lobanovsky taught me one thing: as a coach, you have to forget his past as a player. All the great coaches started at the bottom of the ladder.
“Frank de Boer coached the youth teams in Ajax and then became a national team assistant, and when I evaluate a coach, I look at his track record. Kompany’s record is blank. His achievements as a player do not count.”
And De Mos reserved special criticism for Under-21 coach and ex-City striker Craig Bellamy.
“I saw him at work last weekend – he knows nothing. I’ve never seen an Anderlecht youth team coached so badly in the last five years.”