Vincent Kompany will not become the next Manchester City manager, says Joe Hart
Vincent Kompany will not become the next Manchester City manager, says Joe Hart Legendary City stopper Joe Hart has weighed in on one of the biggest talking points at the club, suggesting that Vincent Kompany is unlikely to be the man to follow Pep Guardiola. With Guardiola’s contract currently set to expire in June 2027, the Manchester City board – now led by Sporting Director Hugo Viana – is reportedly intensifying long-term planning. Kompany’s current tenure at Bayern Munich has most recently been hit by a semi-final Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.
Former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart believes the immediate successor to Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium will not be Vincent Kompany. The conversation regarding life after Guardiola has dominated recent reports as City continue their work during the final stretch of the 2025/26 campaign . While the Catalan remains fully focused on overturning Arsenal’s five-point lead in the Premier League and securing an FA Cup against Chelsea on May 16 , discussions surrounding a potential exit one year earlier than his contractual expiry have intensified.
Vincent Kompany remains a sentimental favourite among City fans, and Joe Hart – who shared a dressing room with the iconic Belgian defender during the club’s first two Premier League title wins – suggests the club hierarchy may look elsewhere should Guardiola need replacing. Joe Hart’s perspective on the Manchester City hotseat Speaking on The Sports Agents podcast, the former Manchester City and England international goalkeeper opened up on the managerial development of Bayern Munich’s Kompany , as well as the future of his former Etihad Stadium teammate. “I genuinely thought Vinny would be a world leader in some way.
I suppose he is. He’s definitely right up there. I’ve always admired Vincent… I wouldn’t fancy fighting him, I wouldn’t fancy arguing with him.
There’s not many ways you could beat him. And that’s kind of how I my kind of footballing world, how I size people up,” said Hart. “Manchester will be in his heart” – Pep Guardiola tips Vincent Kompany for Etihad Stadium return Continuing on the subject of both Kompany and Pep Guardiola’s respective futures, with the latter continuously linked with an exit from the Etihad Stadium this summer, Hart said of the former Etihad Stadium central defender, “I don’t know if he’d be a successor.