Vincent Kompany was appointed Anderlecht’s player-manager in May.
Belgian giants Anderlecht were fined the maximum €5,000 ($5,516.00) on Tuesday for allowing Vincent Kompany to coach their team without the required diploma, the Belgian football association said.
“The club violated the regulations for a long time and despite that it being against the rules did not hesitate to publicly unveil a coach without a diploma,” the association’s licensing committee said in a statement.

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Vincent Kompany was appointed Anderlecht’s player-manager in May.
Belgian giants Anderlecht were fined the maximum €5,000 ($5,516.00) on Tuesday for allowing Vincent Kompany to coach their team without the required diploma, the Belgian football association said.
“The club violated the regulations for a long time and despite that it being against the rules did not hesitate to publicly unveil a coach without a diploma,” the association’s licensing committee said in a statement.

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Paul Onuachu will be hoping that his first start and maiden goal for Belgium Pro League side Genk — both of which arrived last weekend in the 2-1 loss to Sporting Charleroi — kick-starts a process that ultimately sees him become the attacking spearhead of both the ‘Blauw-Wit’ and Nigeria’s Super Eagles.
Onuachu, 25, moved to the Luminus Arena from Danish side Midtjylland in August, having impressed Genk with a haul of 45 goals in the Superliga across the past three seasons.
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Craig Burley and Steve Nicol have different opinions on the significance of Aymeric Laporte’s injury to the Premier League title race.

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Shaka Hislop presents his weekly power rankings and is given quite a bit of stick by the FC guys for how he ordered the top 10.

Craig Burley explains why Aymeric Laporte’s injury absence could have Man City regretting their decision not to bring in a center half this summer.
Vincent Kompany has said it was not a disappointment to miss his own testimonial through injury because he had already ensured a perfect Etihad Stadium send-off with his title-winning goal against Leicester.
The defender sat out his tribute game with a hamstring problem but said playing in front of the City supporters one last time could not have topped his 30-yard screamer in the penultimate game of last season.
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Craig Burley explains why Aymeric Laporte’s injury absence could have Man City regretting their decision not to bring in a center half this summer.

Shaka Hislop presents his weekly power rankings and is given quite a bit of stick by the FC guys for how he ordered the top 10.

Shaka Hislop’s famous power rankings are back, and of course the FC crew are baffled by some of his rankings, including Real Madrid at No. 6.

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Former Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany has been ruled out of his own testimonial after suffering a hamstring injury.
The Belgium defender, who left City to become player-manager at Anderlecht is back in Manchester for his testimonial on Wednesday, where he had to been due to play alongside former teammates in a clash against Premier League All-Star XI. 
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The return of Vincent Kompany to Belgium was supposed to be the fairy-tale story of the new Pro League season, but his Anderlecht side has struggled, and they face a challenge from Standard Liege’s two DR Congo internationals this weekend.
The Royals announced, with much fanfare, the arrival of Kompany as player-coach at the end of last season, but so far the club legend’s return to his boyhood team has been something of a nightmare.
They have yet to win in five matches and Kompany himself is sidelined…

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As a kid dashing through the streets, ball at feet, in the mining town of Witbank in Mpumalanga, South Africa striker Percy Tau was at his happiest. 
Now, watching him, it’s obvious nothing much has changed. Tau is still famously driven by this same child-like love and passion for football. It kept him going during a difficult childhood growing up, and it energised his efforts to make the sport his family’s route out of hardship.
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Vincent Kompany left Manchester City on a free transfer this summer.
Vincent Kompany faces weeks on the sidelines after suffering another hamstring injury as his Anderlecht team lost again to continue their winless start to his managerial debut.
Kompany limped off with 15 minutes left in Friday’s 1-0 loss at champions Racing Genk which left Anderlecht with two points from six matches in their worst start to a season in 21 years.
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In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Manchester City defender John Stones discusses how he and the club move on after Vincent Kompany’s departure.

ESPN FC’s Alexis Nunes joins the party in Manchester to get the fans’ thoughts on City’s treble-winning season and Vincent Kompany’s departure.
Anderlecht player-manager Vincent Kompany is giving up some match-day duties for after a winless start in the Belgian Pro League.
Assistant coach Simon Davies has said he will now take responsibility for tactical changes and substitutions, while Kompany will step up on the field as captain.
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Kompany has overseen two draws and two defeats, including a second-half slump at Kortrijk last weekend in a 4-2 loss. Anderlecht sit 13th in…

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Mexico international goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa looks set for a return to Club America, where he made over 200 appearances between 2004 and 2011.

Liga MX giant Club America is expected to reach a deal to bring Mexico international goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa back to Las Aguilas after seven seasons in Europe, sources have told ESPN FC.
Talks are advanced for the Standard Liege player and a deal could be struck as early as Tuesday, the sources said, although the Belgian first division club has tried to exercise a clause in the keeper’s contract to retain him.
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