Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany has done something that many young children always dream of doing. He’s bought his own football club.
Kompany has bought third division Belgian side FC Bleid, who currently sit 19th in the table. The Brussels side will be renamed, will have a new logo selected as well as new kits and a new slogan. Kompany is serious about the decision and has launched his own website to share his manifesto.
Here are tonight’s Premier League news headlines:
- Vincent Kompany buys crappy Belgian third division team FC Bleid — 101 GG
- Abou Diaby ruled out for NINE months with torn anterior cruciate ligament — The Mail
- Roberto Mancini: the title is gone, but I’m staying at Manchester City — The Telegraph
- Allardyce will only sign new West Ham contract when EPL safety is assured — The Independent
- Swansea City set to target more Spanish talent this summer — Wales Online
- FA fines John Carver and Graham Barrow as Callum McManaman row rumbles on — Telegraph
- Laudrup has put off talks over a permanent deal for Jonathan de Guzman until summer — Sky Sports
- Brede Hangeland signs a two-year contract extension to keep him at Craven Cottage — BBC Sport
- Odemwingie should come to me, not Twitter, says Steve Clarke — Telegraph
- Platini says goal-line technology is too expensive to bring in across Europe — The Mail
- Alan Pardew calls for professional linesmen after Haïdara incident — The Guardian
- Anti-racism group complains to Fifa over racist chanting by England fans in San Marino — BBC Sport
- Sheffield Wednesday have signed Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden on loan — Sky Sports
- The Daily Mail: Paywall? We don’t need no stinking paywall — Paid Content
- Tottenham Hotspur can still finish in top four, says André Villas-Boas — The Guardian
- Perform Group to combine U.S. sports assets with Sporting News brand — Sports Business Daily
- Manchester United’s Phil Jones may be fit to return against Chelsea — The Guardian
- Roberto Mancini criticises Belgium for playing captain Vincent Kompany — BBC Sport
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How will he keep it up?
Good for him. The only quibble I’d have is that he’s doing the typical “new boss” thing that we’re “starting over from scratch”. The only problem with that is that implies that there is something wrong with everything that is being done now. Kompany seems like a really classy guy and it could be that this club is a total mess, but if there are a few “good guys” there, it’s a little off-putting to have your new boss talk about “starting from scratch”. 🙂
Kind of a cool mission statement on his website – seems to be focused on some of the social aspects of helping and providing an outlet for disadvantaged youth in Brussels.
Good for VK! Nice to see a major footballer putting time and money into something other than Lamborghinis, models, and the usual stuff like that.
And if you had to start from scratch, a Belgian 3rd division side is not exactly like the atrocious marketing douchebaggery the owners of Cardiff City have been up to lately. (They apparently were going to rebrand the club something like the “Welsh Fire Dragons” or something analogously horrible until they got some major pushback over that.)
wish all the best for VK and his new side.VK is a true professional and the best defender in the EPL.would be my first choice for the back four.
i know it is a long road but i hope S Holden can make it back to the EPL best of luck Stuart.