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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

When Alastair Campbell met Vincent Kompany: Leadership, racism & Pep's philosophy

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports News, Sports, News, Soccer

4.0760 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Burnley's Vincent Kompany tackles a wide range of topics in an exclusive interview with ex-Downing Street director of communications and Clarets fan Alastair Campbell.

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0:28.4

I first saw Burnley 61 years ago, when they were reigning league champions, okay,

0:35.5

and I've seen them go right down to the bottom of the fourth division

0:38.5

and now back up and I know you won't say we are but we're back going back to the Premier

0:42.9

League. So first of all, thank you. Not yet. Okay, first of all, thank you for an incredible

0:48.0

season. It has been pretty stunning. Has it gone as you expected it to?

0:58.4

No, I don't think any of us expected it to go this well.

1:04.7

And I think the points is one thing, but I think it's the way we achieve those results as well. And I think the way we established ourselves in the division, I don't think anyone,

1:09.0

it wasn't part of our plans when we had the meetings here six months ago.

1:12.6

But what were your expectations then?

1:15.6

I mean, I signed a five-year contract, so long-term, rebuild.

1:24.6

We knew for sure we had to rebuild. We knew that it was an existing core of the team that was leaving.

1:29.3

We knew we had to get new plays in that was going to create values and assets for the club just to make sure that we could be self-sustainable.

1:36.3

And there was a whole plan around two or three years to make sure that we put ourselves in a position where we can give ourselves a chance to get promoted.

1:46.7

And yeah, things went a little bit quicker than that. But the idea was in the end to

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