Former Manchester City star Dietmar Hamann has admitted that the club have 'a huge hole' to fill following Vincent Kompany's departure - and suggested that Matthijs de Ligt should replace the Belgian.
Kompany captained Pep Guardiola's side to an unprecedented treble before announcing that he would be departing the Premier League champions after 11 years in Manchester to rejoin former club Anderlecht as player-manager.
City now face the challenge of replacing their iconic captain and most consistent defender of the last decade. Hamann told the Racing Post: "It's incredible to think that City spent more than £150m on Nicolas Otamendi, John Stones and Aymeric Laporte and not one of them has been the player Vincent Kompany is - and he cost around £8m.