Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany delighted by Raheem Sterling arrival

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has backed Raheem Sterling to help the team win silverware next season.

The 20-year-old winger joined the Blues from Liverpool in a record-breaking £49m move earlier this week.

Kompany believes that England international Sterling is the type of player that City need to bring in this summer if they want to challenge for trophies again.

"We have great quality in the team but you can't compete nowadays if you don't improve every year," he told the club's official website. "Other teams improve, we need to improve and getting him puts us one step closer to being this team which can win trophies again – it's very important for us.

"He's quick, he's very unpredictable – he's shown that he has especially great determination. You play against so many players with great quality but it's the fact that he's always willing to put in the extra yard. That makes it that extra bit difficult when you have a player with quality who is not shy to run and put his body on the line – that's a special player."

Sterling recently flew out to Australia to join his new teammates on their pre-season tour.