Kompany Reveals All On Man City Career & Burnley Premier League Return
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The Overlap
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🗓️ 23 June 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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This week on The Overlap brought to you by Sky Bet, I'm with Burnley manager Vincent Kompany for an exclusive interview at the Barnfield Training Centre in Lancashire to discuss his incredible football journey and his future in football management.
From his upbringing shaped by his parents, to his time at Manchester City, we cover it all.
We start with Vincent's early days at Manchester City. Initially he played in midfield under Mark Hughes, but it was under Roberto Mancini and later Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola that he fell in love with defending and became a Premier League winning captain. His leadership and defensive prowess made him one of Europe's best centre-backs.
Throughout his career, Vincent faced injuries but used them as stepping stones to become stronger and better. We also talk about his working with Guardiola and how his philosophy influenced his development.
We cover the incredible players he played alongside, like Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, and David Silva who left a lasting impact on him. We touch on the intense battles against Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool during those incredible titles races and the transformations in Manchester City's squad before and after the takeover.
Vincent explains why he chose Burnley and the challenges of managing a Championship club aiming for promotion. We also reflect on Burnley's successful period in the Championship gaining 100 points and their progression back into the top flight.
Lastly, we delve into Vincent's management style and how he instills his philosophy in his players. We discuss Burnley's aspirations for the new season and their desired finishing position, as well as potential additions to the squad.
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| 0:00.0 | You only have three or four hours, five hours sleep a night. |
| 0:03.0 | Is that right? I can go really hard and if I feel that I need a little bit of time, I'll just put everything down. I called those in many retirement last week on an interview and I got absolutely hammered for it. Yeah, I've seen that. What are you thinking? It's a mini retirement, really? Honestly, if you switch off for an afternoon, it many retirement? I was getting top heavy, going in the gym, 97K going out wrestling with stoke defenders |
| 0:26.6 | and on set. |
| 0:27.6 | I loved it because I learned in England that I just got to go and smash people. |
| 0:32.6 | Give Kevin DeBron a plan and he's the best player in the world. |
| 0:35.6 | But you give Eden Hazard chaos. |
| 0:38.3 | Nobody's better than him. You're taking bullets for everyone and fire on everything and then you just become a pain in the ass. |
| 0:44.3 | That battle you had with Liverpool for three or four years. |
| 0:46.3 | Yeah, it was unbelievable. |
| 0:47.3 | Do you think that was the team that Pep found most difficult to be as well? |
| 0:50.3 | Yeah, for sure. |
| 0:51.3 | You've ignored every bit of advice you've been given as a manager. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm in Burnley to see their manager Vincent Company, a legend on the pitch from Manchester |
| 1:06.0 | City and at international level with Belgium. |
| 1:09.0 | He's transitioned brilliantly from elite football player into manager, |
| 1:12.6 | and has returned Burnley to the Premier League at the first time of asking. |
| 1:20.6 | Vincent, welcome to the overlap. We're at Burnley's training ground, and we're in the middle of summer, but you've got them back quite early. Yeah, get as much time as we can with the players on the pitch. Yeah. Anyway, I want to take you back to the very beginning, Vincent. I was really fascinated to read about your mum and the fact that she was a union worker. You called a socialist borderline communist. Yeah. How is that in your upbringing and how does it inform up who you are now and what you do now? |
| 1:46.5 | No, she was a firecracker. |
| 1:47.9 | She was opinionated. |
| 1:48.8 | She was strong. |
| 1:49.8 | She, you know, she had a voice for women. |
| 1:52.2 | She had a voice for... |
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