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By NEIL CUSTIS

The Manchester City skipper has been out injured since the end of January but turned out for his country on Tuesday night against boss Mancini’s wishes.

Now the Etihad chief does not know if Kompany will be fit to face Newcastle tomorrow.

Mancini said: “I asked him to stay here for treatment. I didn’t want him to play because it was a risk.

“For us the next two months are really important. He said the manager had called him and he should go.

“It is right that he should go and meet with the Belgium medical people, but then he should come back.

“It was important Vinny should work here and prepare for the next game — and the next two months.

“I expected he wouldn’t play and that he would be back after one or two days.

“Instead, he played for 90 minutes against Macedonia and now we don’t know his condition.

“The calf is a difficult injury and we don’t know if he will be OK or not.”

Mancini insists he is not against his players representing their country.

But he felt the length of time Kompany, 26, had been out with a calf injury meant he should have concentrated on being fit for City first.

Mancini added: “Sometimes players should understand that the club is more important.

“I am not saying the national team is not important, and I would never tell my players not to go to play for their country.

“But there are some cases when the club is more important, and all players should understand this.

“It is not right that for 60 days he didn’t play for us and we did everything, then he goes to play for the national team.

“If he has another injury, or if he is not ready to play for us on Saturday, and we lose him for another month, it is not right either for the player or for the manager.”

Mancini felt Belgium coach Marc Wilmots also bore some responsibility for playing Kompany.

He said: “International managers should understand the situation.”

 

 

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