Vincent Kompany’s period at Anderlecht left lasting memories for his players. Latest illustration with Benito Raman.
At Anderlecht, Benito Raman was the supersub of Vincent Kompany. The current Mechelen striker often came up like a starving man at the end of the match to give the opposing defense a bad last quarter of an hour. He scored 9 goals and delivered 5 assists in his first season at Lotto Park.
Passing through the MIDMID podcast, Raman remembers his collaboration with Kompany with a touch of nostalgia: “He’s the best human resources manager I’ve ever known,” he begins directly.
“I had never seen that, this way in which he could motivate the players… No one else can do that. When he speaks or shares his experience with us, we know that it is real. , that it’s true” he continues.
Severe but close to his group
Kompany’s time at Burnley showed that he can also be very harsh with his players: “That was also the case at Anderlecht, but if it’s justified, this kind of thing can happen. An hour later, he could laugh again with the player he had put back in place.
Benito Raman tells an anecdote which shows that Vince The Prince also knows how to relax: “He knows that I like to drink a beer from time to time and once told me to calm down. After a match at Union, I sat in the bus, ready to have a beer, as I always do ‘Benito, I won’t do that now because these young people won’t like it’ Kompany reprimanded me. He took my pint and drank it himself. -I couldn’t believe it” laughs Raman. Vincent Kompany must have definitely been unbearable for his first Oktoberfest in Munich.
