Tihinen: "Kompany will miss me"

Hannu Tihinen will leave Anderlecht at the end of this season. Although he is happy in Brussels, he wants to go abroad. The Finnish iceberg looks back at four years in Belgium.


"It were four fantastic seasons", states Tihinen. "But I want to experience new things. My Belgian adventure will end at the end of this season. My two boys were born here, so I will remember Brussels for the rest of my life. And the food is fantastic, of course."

Tihinen is the room mate of Vincent Kompany. "I'm sure he is going to miss me", says the Finnish defender. "He likes my sense of humour. Kompany is a real pro, who also wants to listen to my advice. Anderlecht do not need to worry about my succession. Roland Juhasz has a lot of talent, and he works very hard."

Hannu Tihinen also gave his opinion about the game against Standard, which was postponed. "In Lapland, my place of birth, it froze sometimes minus 30. So I am not impressed by the temperatures here. But it was probably better to play the game against Standard in better circumstances."