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All-rounder becomes Kompany’s kingpin

JAY RODRIGUEZ
By Chris Dunlavy

PLAYER PROFILE on the BURNLEY STRIKER

HIGH CLASS: Jay Rodriguez has a crucial role to play for Burnley this season
PICTURE: Alamy

INVITED to expound the quality of an individual, Vincent Kompany generally prefers to focus on the merits of the collective.
Yet there is one player for whom the Burnley boss invariably makes an exception. Skipper and hometown hero Jay Rodriguez looks rejuvenated under the Belgian’s management and at 33 is playing some of the best football of his career.
Last weekend’s double in the 4-0 victory over Swansea took his tally to se...

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