Having thought about it, he's a club legend one of the favourites, the club captain people do want to see him back.
That might be the point though, it's all the waiting 'til Kompany recovers from his latest injury it makes the team lose focus, emotions go up and down "He's back... season saved... Oh wait he's injured again... We're fucked!!! :(..." The defense then gets even worse for the next few weeks(months?) while they regain some confidence. It's not healthy for the team or the fans to keep going through that process.
The demands we would place on him might be too much now so we have to think long term, who knows what Vinny's plans are maybe he will want to retire and stay on at City and get his coaching badges? Maybe he will go somewhere where the demands aren't pushing him to his limits all the time resulting in injuries. It's sad but it might be the smartest move to make, next season we should be putting as much right as we can(our transfer policy could have been better in some areas I think we can all agree), saying goodbye to some older players and bringing in some new fresh faces to take us to the next level, getting the players on loan off the books too. There's a lot to do, it seems harder to get rid of players than it is to buy them, there's a lesson to be learned there maybe I know I've stopped being so quick to want to sign the flavour of the month just because we can.