{"id":52772,"date":"2026-05-26T00:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52772"},"modified":"2026-05-26T00:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:57:59","slug":"why-vincent-kompany-lifted-the-premier-league-trophy-for-manchester-city-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/premier-league\/why-vincent-kompany-lifted-the-premier-league-trophy-for-manchester-city-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Vincent Kompany lifted the Premier League trophy for Manchester City in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Manchester City fans witnessed an emotional and star-studded celebration as club legend <strong>Vincent Kompany<\/strong> lifted the Premier League trophy during a special trophy parade at the Etihad Stadium. The event, held on May 25, 2026, saw the club showcase all 20 major trophies won during the Pep Guardiola era.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddea: Vincent Kompany lifting the Premier League trophy in Manchester right now! \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bSTNga2MqZ\">pic.twitter.com\/bSTNga2MqZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Touchline | \ud835\udc13 (@TouchlineX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchlineX\/status\/2058982296619765793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In a heartwarming scene that brought nostalgia to longtime City supporters, former captain <strong>Vincent Kompany<\/strong> was given the honour of lifting the Premier League trophy. Kompany, who led Manchester City to multiple titles as a player, made a special appearance as one of the guest presenters.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The Belgian legend, who has since built a strong managerial reputation, received a hero\u2019s welcome from the Manchester faithful. Fans chanted his name as he held the iconic silverware aloft \u2014 a powerful symbol of his lasting legacy at the club.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Manchester City\u2019s Grand 20-Trophy Parade<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Manchester City organised a unique parade where each of their <strong>20 major trophies<\/strong> was individually carried onto the pitch by special guests.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The event served as both a victory lap and an emotional send-off, highlighting the club\u2019s dominance in English and European football over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Manchester City\u2019s trophy parade comes at a significant transitional moment for the club. With Pep Guardiola\u2019s long and hugely successful tenure drawing to a close, the parade celebrated not just silverware but also the players and personalities who made the success possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City fans witnessed an emotional and star-studded celebration as club legend Vincent Kompany lifted the Premier League trophy during\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":52773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52776,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52772\/revisions\/52776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}