Vincent Kompany reminds press corps that he can act as his own interpreter at Champions League press conference | OneFootball

Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany conducted an interesting Champions League press conference on Tuesday. The 39-year-old spoke at great length about the disappointments associated with international competition in his first year in charge of the Bundesliga outfit, specifically referencing Champions League elimination against Inter Milan and the summer Club World Cup elimination against PSG.

The real action nevertheless came after Kompany addressed the Inter Milan and PSG fixtures. Kompany reminded the interpreter that his years spent playing for Hamburg in the Bundesliga left him fluent in both English and German. All Germans will agree that Kompany speaks outstanding German, though his English wasn’t necessarily flawless. Kompany incorrectly referred to the live “interpreter” as a “translator“.

“I just picked up something and I’m looking at the translator,” Kompany remarked with a laugh. “Go on. What did you say? I was just double checking because obviously I understand the translation and I’m making sure that you’re translating the real thing to the English colleagues. Ask me the question again just to make sure!”

GGFN | Peter Weis